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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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Modules are self-paced, 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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The DCMP provides services designed to support and improve the academic achievement of students with disabilities. We partner with top educational and television content creators and distributors to make media accessible and available to these students.
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Color illustration of a hunter with long, dark hair aiming a spear at two deer by a lake. Caption. Hurled with a unique and powerful tool.

Aerial view of sprawling red rock formations. Caption. Resting between the Rocky Mountains on the east.

Color illustration of a Templar Knight in white and red robes walking forward and holding out a wooden staff with a red cross at the top.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: A Brief History of Men's Underwear

Still image from: Origin of Everything: What if Islam Had Conquered Europe?

Closeup of a teenage girl being interviewed. She is wearing a Girl Scouts' uniform with badges on her vest. Other girl scouts stand behind her and against stacks of boxes filled with different types of cookies to be sold.

Wide shot of an outdoor water fountain with a palace in the background. Caption. William III thought Henry's palace was outmoded.

Painting of 3 men with halos. 2 wear crowns and royal robes. Christ figure wears a robe and holds a small lamb. Caption. A late-14th century tempera work.

Closeup of the dome of the U, S Capitol building against a blue sky. Caption. Is now at the forefront of modern American politics.

Illustrated man reading large poster. Caption: The printing press meant books could be mass-produced.

Soldiers wearing 19th century British military dress uniforms. They are marching in twos with rifles down a grassy hill.

Painting of an ancient Mayan stone building with stacked rows of stone reliefs. Caption. They developed this amazing hieroglyphic writing.

Man writing with a quill in a candle lit room. Caption: Matter of fact, he studied and studied and studied.

A bear laying across train tracks with two people standing above it. Caption: Train robberies were a big problem in the Wild West.

Painting of a man wearing a long white tunic and white pants walking down a narrow, empty 17th century London street. Caption. Over 3,500 of its citizens lost their lives.

Rear view shot of 2 men dressed in medieval clothing tilting their heads to the left and looking at a partially built leaning tower of Pisa with scaffolding around it. Caption. You just gotta lean a little to the left.

Man holding a wooden bucket. Caption: helped spread a terrible plague

Wide shot of an English castle with several turrets on a hillside. Caption. First, protecting the safety of the people inside the castle.