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Free Membership - Access to more than just media

Families and school personnel (including those in training) who have at least one student with a disability can sign up for free membership.

Accessible Media

Standards-aligned videos with high-quality captions and audio description.

Teaching Tools

Create lessons and assign videos to managed Student Accounts.

Training Videos

Educator and sign language training videos for school personnel and families.
Learning Center

Find resources for providing equal access in the classroom, making media accessible, and maximizing your use of DCMP's free services.
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Accessibility Information

DCMP's Learning Center provides hundreds of articles on topics such as remote learning, transition, blindness, ASL, topic playlists, and topics for parents.

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Accessibility Guidelines

DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
Captioning Key
Description Key

Help Center

Learn how to apply for membership, find and view accessible media, and use DCMP’s teaching tools.
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Continuing Education and Professional Development

DCMP offers several online courses, including many that offer RID and ACVREP credit. Courses for students are also available.
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QuickClasses

Asynchronous, online classes for professionals working with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.

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Workshops

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

Modules are self-paced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
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Students

These self-paced, online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note-taking, and learning about audio description.

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Make your educational content accessible and broadly available.

DCMP can add captions, audio description, and sign language interpretation to your educational videos and E/I programming.
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Accessibility

Captions are essential for viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing, and audio description makes visual content accessible for the blind and visually impaired.

Distribution

DCMP can ensure that your content is always accessible and always available to children with disabilities through our secure streaming platforms.

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About the Described and Captioned Media Program

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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Captioning, audio description, and ASL services

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Distribution of fully accessible streaming media

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A senior man pushing a senior woman using a wheelchair in a living room. Caption. And caregivers at home just got forgotten.

Senior man in a nursing home sits in a chair in a bedroom speaking to a nurse who is standing in scrubs at the threshold. Caption. Woman as narrator. Home care is delivery of services in the home.

2 men and 1 woman gather in a kitchen, all smiling and chatting together. Caption. We wanted to see your apartment here.

Woman with Down Syndrome stands in a kitchen next to a woman with cerebral palsy just out of view.

Still image from: Citizen Better: What the DAP and Affordable Housing Have in Common?

The exposed spine of a roof with insulation and plywood falling around it. Caption: What happens to a house when it's demolished?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Have Housing Projects?

Partial view of a home with a long, wooden ramp leading to the front door. Patches of snow appear around the home. Caption. One can continue to stay in their own home.

2 men stand outside of a New York City building, 1 is sitting next to a dog on a stoop, the other looks down at a piece of paper. Text below reads, "And this year, I'm up to 421 dollars."

Senior woman in a nursing home gently rests both hands on an orange cat sitting next to her. Caption. It's an environment that enables that growth.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Future Living Spaces