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DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, 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 hard of hearing, low vision, and deaf-blind.
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An adult holds a child's hand while they run together on a concrete pad as other children look on. Caption. Never, ever make a excuse that you can't do something.

Young, blonde girl in a blue graphic tee-shirt sits and talks in front of a dark green curtain. Caption. I'll support whatever decisions he makes.

Young girl in a white shirt sits behind a large drum with her hands on it. There are other drums and instruments nearby in what appears to be a music classroom. Caption. She is the only student at her school with severe visual impairment.

Man in a black shirt holds a baby in a light pink frilly dress and headband. 2 young girls look at the baby as their mother looks on from behind. Caption. I look at her as, here's my youngest daughter.

Still image from: COVID-19 Resources: Helping Kids With Handwashing

Still image from: COVID-19 Resources: Helping Kids With Social Distancing

Still image from: COVID-19 Resources: How to Wear a Mask

Hand places a clear acrylic, decorative sticker on a stamp block sitting on a cutting board marked with gridlines.

Two people with a large planter in front of them on the table. The planter has flowers growing in it and there are items on the table. Caption: Well, container gardening -- I remember you showed me how

Computer rendering showing tiny air sacs called alveoli attached to red and blue capillaries.

Side view closeup of a hissing cockroach showing its shiny black body covered in hair-like bristles, pale abdomen, and horns.

Man faces camera against a black background, gesturing with both hands out and forward.

Indicator dots in East Asia. Plane icon in North America with indicator dots beneath the plane. Caption: It heads to North America, where it deplanes,

A chubby baby wearing a blue long sleeved shirt and white cap lays on a white blanket. Caption. The Horstmeyer's only child requires round the clock care.

Still image from: I Have a Cold

Man in glasses and blue collared shirt gestures with hands out and lips pursed in mid-speech.

2 red lines branch off from a red dot at the top connecting to red dots that continue to branch off in twos 5 times to form a crown-shaped contagion.

Man talks to us while moving his hands.

Two people standing apart, both wearing surgical masks.

Digital rendering shows a group of purple, green, and red clumps fused together.

Man in glasses gestures with hand and parts lips in mid-speech. Toys and books on shelves displayed in background. Text at right reads, "Gimme that science!"

Line graph titled, "Exponential Growth, Covid-19." Y axis reads, "Cases open parentheses Outside of China close parentheses" and X axis reads, "Feb twelfth" at left and "March fifteenth" at right. Pink dots gradually curve upward from left to right where they're labeled "X, 1 point 4."

Aerial view of man in glasses looking up at camera as he wipes his hands with a paper towel next to kitchen sink.

Thirteen people, ranging from children to adults, are on a video call. One person is absent from their screen and one boy has a Fortnite background behind him.

Young girl talks to us in her living room as she holds a tub full of slime in her hands.

Still image from: Let's Talk About Sex: Sex, Infection, and Contraception (Video 3)

Woman talks to us as she stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of stethoscopes, thermometers, and crosses. Next to her art are two illustrations, one of a group of kids walking in front of a school, and another of a woman watching over two young toddlers as they play.

Woman leans over a bathroom sink and washes her hands. We can see her reflection in the mirror in front of her.

Green cartoon face looks unsure standing by itself and sneezing. Four green unsure faces are gathered together as the sneeze spray from the one face gets on them. Mean-looking germs surround the group of faces.

Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. Next to him is a green unsure face that sneezes out multiple droplets that are full of germs.

Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us and folds his hands together. Next to him is an illustration of a boy tucked in bed.

Still image from: Mind Frame: Anxiety

Still image from: Mind Frame: What Is Depression?

Low shot of a person holding a baby resting in a handheld carrier. Caption. Jen as narrator. Look at who is coming home for the first time!

Teenage boy wears a red tee-shirt, blue shorts and baseball cap, tall red-striped socks, and baseball cleats. He kneels with a padded knee on a grassy baseball field as he prepares to throw a yellow softball. Caption. Don't let anyone else tell you what your child can or cannot do.

Side view of a young girl with long brown hair sitting in a white wooden chair with a pink pillow behind her at a white desk as she uses a gray Perkins Brailler. Caption. She is a top student with a wildly vivid imagination.

Screenshot of a video chat between Dianna and another woman. The other woman has dark hair with the ends dyed blue and green, over the head headphones with her hands up as she speaks. Dianna appears in the lower left corner wearing silver headphones.

Person in a lab setting with a mostly clear object in their hands. Scissors, wires with leads, and tweezers are on the counter next to them. Caption: We're trying to make a smart Band-Aid

People in an operating theater with a patient on the table. Caption: is implanted surgically and stimulates nerves

Cluster of nerve fibers. Caption: that can image deep into biological tissue,

Woman in front of a computer screen in a dimly lit space. Caption: about impacts of night shift work on a woman's body clock.

Microscopic view of cells. Some are blue and some are larger and red. Caption: on how to make early cancer detection cheaper.

Monarch butterflies on foliage. Caption: In monarchs, they study a parasite.

Person with a virtual reality headset on. Caption: what sorts of stimuli increase sickness or reduce it.

People standing by a muddy stream bed. One person holds something in his hand while another holds a net and looks at the find. Caption: (male narrator) Just another day at the office for biologist Vance Vredenburg.

Person's hand supporting a lobster underwater. Caption: (male) This animal is in the late stages of disease.

Person wearing a cap covered in wires while manipulating controls which guide something on the computer screen in front of them. Caption: how brain circuitry controls how we move.

Test tubes of blood. Caption: use biomarkers: biochemical signatures in blood,

Funnel with filter feeding into a receptacle. The fluid in the filter is dark and the filter is dirty. Caption: She's developing fluoride filtering devices

3D diagram of the human brain. Caption: to break blood-brain barrier,

Person placing an object under a microscope. Caption: for nerves to regrow themselves

3D graphic of a human skull. Red latticework joins the area just under the eye sockets to the top of the jaw. Caption: to one day rebuild faces and lives.

Person wearing a cap with wires and sensors attached while looking at a computer screen. Caption: by studying how brain regions interact,

3D graphic of a mostly cylindrical object with a rotor on top against a backdrop of grass and buildings. Caption: the brain's signal to control the quadcopter.

Person walking on a treadmill with sensors attached to their legs. Caption: (narrator) What if you could alleviate pain by changing your stride?

Diagram of an orange sphere. Part of the shell of the sphere is removed to show the white interior. On the surface of the sphere are small, brightly colored spots. Caption: help protect against the toxins they make.

Clear vial with a glowing pink liquid. Caption: may one day make treating cancer easier

Mosquito on a person's skin. Caption: it would scare them away.

Complex machinery with a platform. Caption: a treatment or vaccine for a particular patient.

Graphic of spherical object with multiple web-like tubular connections. Caption: They can't see any information in their visual world.

Brain activity during cognitive control. Prefrontal cortex of an adult shows significantly more activity in multiple areas as compared to a teen. Caption: that teens could put to use in stressful situations.

Magnified view of a pink, shiny, ridged tube. Caption: These bacteria are resilient to the acidic world

Closeup of a circuit board. Caption: The same platform can be used to monitor the environment.

An animation of a mosquito biting a hand. On screen text, full belly, partial blood me. Caption: and she can lay the next generation of blood suckers.

Man and woman sit on a couch with big red patterned pillows. The man holds a smiling toddler in a bright yellow shirt between his legs. Caption. The Smith-Levins remain positive about Max's future.

Person shining a light into someone's eye and looking closely at it. Caption: A migraine doesn't feel like a typical headache.

Young boy plays a game of foosball with a young man in an outdoor camp setting. Both are concentrating on the tabletop game while turning the handles, engaged in active but friendly competition.

Middle-aged woman holds a Mason jar as she looks and speaks to camera. She stands in front of bookcases with 1 book title prominently displayed that reads, "100 for 100 dollars. 100 Tools for Empowering Global Women. By Betsy Teutsch."

A woman is seated in the driver's seat wearing a seatbelt and looking forward as she drives an S, U, V. 2 children sit in the backseat wearing seatbelts.

Closeup of a person's midsection as they remove a tote bag from their arm to put it in the open trunk of a car.

View through a green metal fence of 2 boys wearing bathing suits and running on the sand as if in a race.

Small group of people exit a brick building through a blue doorway.

Boy wearing a flannel sleeping cap with a white pompom that droops behind his ear.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2114)

Man in a lab coat and necktie looks past camera as he speaks. He stands in the hallway of a medical building.

Woman in a lab coat sits with elbows resting on a desk next to a computer monitor and a stethoscope. She looks past camera as she speaks.

A sand covered horseshoe crab. Caption: ARTHROPODS That means they have an exoskeleton,

Trace is standing in front of a book shelf. Caption: Also, how does it adjust that temperature once it knows it.

Closeup of host Trace Dominquez wearing a red polo shirt and clear glasses smiling and looking up. A bright, square light on a stand is in front to his left, angled upward. Caption. So they would sit under a light.

Woman with brown hair wearing a red plaid shirt is in front of a computer and a bookshelf. She claps her hands together in front of her while talking.