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Access: Description Module Student Edition

Access: Description Module Student Edition is an overview of description and why it is essential to providing access for individuals who are blind or have low vision. Students will learn what makes up high-quality description and what they should expect from description. They’ll learn about the history of description and what laws promise them equal access to media. The module contains interactive components to engage students as they learn.

Access: Description Module

Access: Description Module is an overview of description and why it is essential to providing access for individuals who are blind or have low vision. The module reviews guidelines for description, discusses laws pertaining to description, and explains the unique requirements for educational description. Many examples of description are included.

RCAA Dr Seuss Videos With Captions, Audio Description, and ASL Translation

DCMP offers members a DVD with several captioned Dr. Seuss videos in the order form below. You can either borrow this DVD or stream them on demand through DCMP's website. The streaming videos also feature audio description and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, but the DVDs do not.

How to Embed DCMP Videos

DCMP videos can be embedded in any secure web page or learning management system (LMS) that accepts HTML embed code and has a valid TLS/SSL certificate. If you see a "padlock" symbol in the address bar while using your website/LMS, this indicates the site is secure, and should work with DCMP video embeds.

LiL About Campaign

Learn about the first awareness-building campaign to focus on description as an accessibility tool for students with a visual impairment and a great educational resource for students without a visual impairment.

LiL Activity Guide

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LiL Lesson Guide

Section l: The Fennec Fox Section 2: Listening Section 3: Description

LiL Survey

LiL Site Map

An outline view of the LIL site contents.

LiL Get Involved Web Banners

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LiL Get Involved Print Materials

Listening is Learning is a joint initiative of the Described and Captioned Media Program and the American Council of the Blind with the purpose of raising awareness about the educational benefits of listening to description.

LiL Get Involved Events and Contests

Description-themed contests and events designed to promote awareness about the benefits of listening to described media!

LiL Get Involved

Posters! Events! Contests! So many different ways to get involved with LIL… and we’re always looking for more ideas, so drop us a line, and let us know what sort of listening-related activity or promotional idea would be a great addition to our collection!

LiL BADIE Entry Form

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LiL BADIE Contest

“Working on thinking critically about audio descriptions for this program has built Mae’s confidence. She has more to contribute when peers are talking about shows, YouTube, social media, and film, as she can now very clearly articulate access issues and why she likes some shows better or doesn’t know about others that may be very popular. Very cool! Thank you all, again.” – Katie Lane-Karnas, teacher and mother of Mae Lane-Karnas, 2023 BADIE Grand Prize Winner