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DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, the Captioning Key and Description Key, used worldwide.
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Asynchronous, online classes for professionals working with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.

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For interpreters, audio describers, parents, and educators working with students who are deaf or blind. Full membership is required for most.
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Modules are selfpaced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
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These self-paced online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note taking, and learning about audio description.

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Young man in glasses looks at camera. Dark concentric circles and flecks of white on periwinkle create the backdrop. Caption. Your heart's job is to pump blood and oxygen to your body.

Woman stands in front of camera using sign language. She holds 1 hand up with fingers pointing out. Caption. Now I am going to hand the program over to our guest speaker, Marla.

Middle-aged woman looks slightly off camera, gesturing with her hands. Caption. We could compare them and see if something changed.

Woman with short blonde hair looks away with a slightly furrowed brow. Caption. They told me my cancer has spread.

Woman faces camera and gestures in sign language, holding thumbs out with fists pointed down. Caption. With early detection, most women will survive breast cancer.

Woman faces camera in a newsroom setting. Behind her, a screen reads, "Over 10 Different Diseases". Caption. It's over 100 different diseases.

Senior woman touches the base of her neck, looking concerned. Title text reads, "A tip from a former smoker."

Group of women seated in easy chairs, 1 uses sign language, 1 index finger pointing up with other hand hovering above. Caption. My friend was diagnosed with cancer. I'm curious. What is cancer?

Man uses sign language, index and middle finger pointing at camera, other index finger bent in and pointing right. Caption. When we say colon cancer or colorectal cancer? We should probably start there.

Closeup of a woman with cropped hair smiling broadly in a household setting. Caption. Surreal. Sound of laughing.

Senior man rests his head back on a pillow, closing his eyes. Caption. They should make the dying person.

Still image from: How I Live

Woman seated in chair looking at camera and gesturing in sign language, 1 hand bent at the wrist with fingers down, other hand wrapped around fingertips. Caption. A person may be infected for a few weeks to years and never know it.

Man holds up his hands, gesturing in sign language. Caption. You should receive an annual screening exam for prostate cancer.

Young boy with bald head stands and speaks at the front of a classroom. Caption. I'm getting treatments and it's making me better.

2 children smile as they ride big wheel tricycles on a driveway in front of a grassy field with a barn. Caption. Alex was diagnosed with leukemia.

Aerial view of a boy laying on a hospital bed while connected to chest monitoring patches and tubes. The hand of a person off camera examines him. Caption. They're intended to present real-life situations.

Boy with tousled hair looks slightly off to the side with a thoughtful expression with lips slightly parted. Caption. Why a doctor?

Woman stands in a home kitchen, smiling and gesturing out with both hands open. Caption. We knew it is especially hard for Deaf and Hard of Hearing women.

Man in a hospital bed. A doctor uses a stethoscope on his chest. Caption. It can spread to the soft tissue and bones.

A snake with another animal mostly swallowed. Venom varies. Caption: The venom helps digest the meal.

Person in a white coat talking. Caption: Skin cancer is the most common cancer,

Computer rendering shows a blackened anatomical heart. Text overlay reads, "Heart beats faster. Tightens blood vessels. Strains the circulatory system. Caption. And lead to serious heart disease.

2 teenagers stand together outside a store, 1 is smoking and the other is holding a carton and looking down with furrowed brow. Caption. The only way to stop smoking-related diseases.

Closeup of a person's mouth with tobacco running down their chin. Text overlay reads, "Cavities, tooth decay." Caption. It can also eat away at the gums.

Closeup of teenage girl as she speaks into a handheld microphone as she stands in front of a backdrop of green foliage. She appears to be in a news segment interview.

Airport security screening area with people walking through stanchion belts to a security check-in officer. 2 other officers stand near him. Security metal detectors, metal tables, and x-ray detectors with conveyor belts appear behind the officers.

Oil painting in Post-Impressionist style of a woman dressed in a black hat and black dress with long sleeves. She sits on a chair as she looks to the side with a serious expression.

Closeup of a teenage boy standing in front of a baseball field with players on the field. Caption. I started dipping when I was a freshman.

Frame of a man in dress shirt and tie, seated. Caption. There may be 1 and 1/2 to 2 times as much of those carcinogens.

Woman using sign language, 1 arm up with closed fist, opposite index finger pointing to elbow. Caption. Today, we would like to present to you some important information about your health.

2 men in business attire talk in an office setting, piles of documents on the table in front of them. Caption. Epidemiologists study how different types of cancer.