When the language of a video is primarily spoken in a foreign language, the equivalent accessible version would reflect captions in the same foreign language and should not be translated into English. For example, a deaf student is taking a…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Assistive Technology
Effective communication is the required standard to ensure qualified individuals with disabilities have equitable communication access. Access to accurate information in lectures, discussions and across other rigorous courses is essential for deaf students. Therefore, it is imperative that quality captions…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology
NDC’s Creating Offline Captions summarizes the three main ways that institutions are ensuring media on campus is accessible by Finding captioned media or comparable media: Searching for the same video that already captions or if a similar video that is…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology
Campus policies and procedures for captioned media is recommended as a proactive measure to support a consistent and streamlined process. Many institutions are moving toward ensuring that all media be captioned, whether or not a deaf individual has made a…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology
Colleges and universities must ensure media is accessible to deaf individuals whether it is media for coursework (supplementary or required), videos posted on the institution’s website or social media, or other materials such as those available through the campus library….
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals
Topics: Assistive Technology
There is evidence-based research in support of using captioned media without the need to specifically make a request. Captions benefit everyone, and can dramatically improve one’s ability to retain and recall information from videos….
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Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology
Captioned media is the process of converting audio content to text that is displayed on a video. Captions not only create access for deaf individuals but also benefit emerging readers, ESL/ELL students, students with learning disabilities, individuals with ADD/ADHD, and…
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Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology
This step-by-step guide explains how to request and use accommodations on tests to help meet career goals. There are a variety of tests you may need to take to get a job or advance in your career…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Testing
Due to the increasing number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), professionals who work with deaf students should expand their capacity to support autistic deaf students, especially in transition planning and postsecondary settings…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Deaf 101, Mental Health & Well-Being, Research & Data
Interpreter consistency is a key element in ensuring effective access and effective communication for deaf people who use interpreters. Consistency in interpreting has many positive outcomes, such as continuity, shared contextual knowledge, improved message accuracy, greater trust between the interpreter…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Interpreters
Topics: Deaf 101, Interpreting
Decisions are made every day about deaf people’s lives without involving deaf people. This needs to change. The lived experience and knowledge of deaf community members must guide policy changes, strategic planning, and programs that are designed to reduce barriers…
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Families
Topics: Deaf 101, Mental Health & Well-Being
Deaf youth, like you, have many different hopes, dreams, and goals. Many programs and services are available to help you succeed. One important program is vocational rehabilitation (VR), which helps you plan to reach your educational and career goals….
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Resource Type: Guides
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Testing, Transition