Deaf people enjoy music too! That’s the message behind model Nyle DiMarco’s re-make of Ariana Grande’s latest music video. After causing a stir on Twitter last November about the lack of captions on Grande’s ‘Thank U, Next,” video, the Deaf model […]
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, do you know the best ways to access captions? Following on from my Captioning Awareness Week article, I figured this is a great chance to write an ultimate guide to access captions!
Automatic closed captions are coming to Facebook Live videos bringing more accessibility to its deaf users.
Streamed games don’t usually have a live captioning tool, alienating hard of hearing gamers. One deaf gamer is trying to change that.
American actor Chris Pratt posted an Instagram video on Thursday, advocating for closed captions to be an option for all Instagram videos. The video was a part of an apology post to those he offended when he posted a previous […]
A group of deaf and hard of hearing patrons were recently left without access to a viewing of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” after the theater allegedly declined to turn on captions. The group of 18 Rhode Island moviegoers says […]
As a deaf frequent flier, this isn’t a new occurrence, and despite recent discussions about changes, it’s still been a problem.
It’s great that more deaf people in Pop Culture are helping break down stigmas of hearing loss. But there are some things to remember when portraying them.
Does your cinema follow accessibility regulations? A while back, I wrote a blog post about my experiences at the cinema with my hearing loss. Since then, it’s sad to say I’ve only been to see one subtitled film. I look at […]
