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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, the Captioning Key and Description Key, used worldwide.
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Help Center

Find answers for your questions, including how to apply, locating media, settings for captions, audio description, and ASL, and creating Student Accounts. Help Center
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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 deaf or blind. Full membership is required for most.
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Modules

Modules are selfpaced, 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 deaf and hard of hearing viewers, 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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Color illustration. Scrawny cat with glasses and a large bell around its neck walking by a dog laying down in a dog bed. Caption. Sound of meows.

Red background with a drawing of a tiny green t-rex dinosaur holding a pencil and a paper list. Text on illustration reads, "Tiny T-Rex and the Impossible Hug."

Still image from: Too Many Carrots

Still image from: Uno Dos of Trace: Why Don't Other Animals Do This?

Closeup of a woman with brown hair in a low braid wearing a black shirt standing on a sandy beach with a wooden ramp and ocean waves crashing behind her.

Illustration of a monkey's tail wrapped around a branch. Caption: If you're a monkey, you hang from a tree by your tail.

Still image from: What in the World Is an Okapi?

Still image from: Who Has the Toughest Stomach at the Columbus Zoo?

Still image from: Why Do Gibbons Sing?

Still image from: Why Do Giraffes Have Spots?

Still image from: Wild Explorers: 10 Facts About Goats!

Still image from: Wild Explorers: 8 Amazing Pig Facts!

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Baaaaaa-Mazing Sheep!

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Cami Meets a Sloth

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Dinosaur Top Ten!

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Meet a Fennec Fox!

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Pandas Get Cold, Right?

Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 2)

Bear, fox and racoon stand on snow as snowflakes drift downward around them.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Animal Rescues

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Brace Yourself

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Dog Days

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Every Dog Has Its Day

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Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Man's Best Friend

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: New Leash

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Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Out on a Limb

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Paw-Some Brace

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Pick of the Litter

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Puppy Dog Eyes

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Puppy Love

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Saving Brace

Still image from: Xploration Second Chance Pets: Underdogs

Still image from: Zebra Shark CT Scan

Cartoon of an ant carrying a large piece of food.

An illustration of an anteater with spectacles.

An illustration of an armadillo in the wilderness.

An illustration of a bat inside a cave.

An illustration of a bear sitting next to a waterbody.

Cartoon of a beaver next to a river.

Cartoon of A bee flying in a house.

An illustration of a Bison.

An illustration of a black panther.

Cartoon of a butterfly flying in flowers.

Cartoon of a camel in the desert standing in front of a pool of water.

An illustration of a cat inside the house.

Cartoon of a caterpillar on a grape vine.

An illustration of a Chameleon.

Cartoon of a chick on a farm.

Cartoon of a flying cicada.

An illustration of a cow.

An illustration of a crab.

Cartoon of a crocodile swimming in the water.

Cartoon of a deer in the forest.

Cartoon of a dog in a yard.

Cartoon of a dolphin swimming in the water.

An illustration of a donkey.

Cartoon of a dragon fly flying over a pond.

An acquatic bird with small wings, a curved bill, and webbed feet.

A bird with long wing.

Cartoon of an elephant in a pool of water.

Cartoon of a flamingo in the water.

Cartoon of a fly landing on a plate of leftover food.

An illustration of a flying fish.

An illustration of a fox.

Cartoon of a frog on a lily pad.

Cartoon of a giraffe under trees.

Cartoon of a goldfish swimming underwater next to a treasure chest.

An illustration of a gorilla in a forest.

Cartoon of a grasshopper in dry grass.

An illustration of an hamster looking at a box.

An illustration of a hen standing on a big bowl.

An illustration of an hermit crab in the sea.

Cartoon of a hippopotamus on the banks of a river.

Cartoon of a horse in a field.

Cartoon of an animal with horns in foliage.

An illustration of a hyena.

Cartoon of a jelly fish swimming underwater.

Cartoon of a kangaroo with a baby in its pouch.

An illustration of a koala on a tree.

Cartoon of a ladybug flying among plants.

Cartoon of a lion under a tree.

An illustration of a lizard standing near a wall.

Cartoon of a llama on a terraced hillside covered in flowers.

An illustration of a meerkat standing on two legs.

An illustration of a mole.

An illustration of a monkey on tree top.

Cartoon of a flying mosquito.

An illustration of a mouse in the house.

An illustration of an octopus in the sea.

An illustration of an orca jumping out of the water.

A bird with long reddish neck, a small and wide bill, and small wings, on a barren land. The bird has big eyes with thick eyelashes.

Cartoon of an owl on a branch.

Cartoon of a panda in a tree surrounded by bamboo.

An illustration of a parrot in an island.

Cartoon of a peacock with tail feathers displayed.

Cartoon of a pelican catching fish in its mouth.

Cartoon of a penguin at the north pole.

Cartoon of a pig with mud on its belly next to a mud pit.

An illustration of a pigeon on the street.

An illustration of a piranha.

An illustration of a platypus standing near a river.

Cartoon of a polar bear on ice.

An illustration of a rabit peaking out a hole.

Cartoon of a raccoon next to trash cans.

An illustration of a reindeer in a forest covered in snow.

Cartoon of a rhinoceros in natural habitat.

An illustration of rooster.

An illustration of a scorpion.

Cartoon of a sea horse swimming underwater.

An illustration of a seagull

Cartoon of a shark swimming next to an underwater shipwreck.

Cartoon of a sheep in a field.

An illustration of a skunk near a river.

An illustration of a sloth hanging head down from a tree branch.

An illustration of a snail.

An illustration of an arachnid climbing on a flower.

Cartoon of a squirrel in an autumn forest.

An illustration of a stingray jumping out of water.

Cartoon of two swans on the water.

An illustration of a pigeon on the street.

An illustration of a tiger in the woods.

An illustration of a toad wearing a cowboy hat.

Cartoon of a turtle next to a head of lettuce and a piece of fruit.

An illustration of a vulture.

An illustration of a pigeon on the street.

Cartoon of a whale swimming in the ocean.

Cartoon of a wolf in an autumn forest.

Cartoon of a woodpecker perched on a tree.

Cartoon of a zebra in natural habitat.