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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.

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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.
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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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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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U.S. Department of Education Funding for Accessible Media

The ED funds a Media Center grant to provide accessible, educational media to children with disabilities, as well as three Television Access grants. Grants are managed by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
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Educational Media Center

DCMP creates and streams accessible educational media to serve 7.5 million students, develops new technologies, and more through this ED grant. This includes the creation of high-quality captioning, audio description, and American Sign Language interpretation.

Television Access Grants

These grants support projects that add audio description and sign language interpretation to broadcast content. Bridge Multimedia, Dicapta, and DCMP operate OSEP-funded projects that develop high-quality audio description and ASL which align with educational standards to aid learning.
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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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Diego and Mica stand in a kitchen decorated with birthday balloons and banners. A woman and girl stand and watch them from across a party table. Spanish caption. ¡Ah, una fiesta sorpresa!

Cartoon of Diego using a long colorful pointer to point at a dartboard with red darts at 150 and 500, blue darts at 100 and 250, and green darts at 150 and 400. Spanish caption. Con este, hiciste 500 puntos.

Diego stands behind a store counter looking at a man who is also behind the counter and holding up a notepad for Diego to see. Behind them, there are sundry items stacked on shelves. Spanish caption. Tienen que sumar todos los números de esta hoja.

Cartoon of Mica holding a tray of food and holding up the number 4 on 1 hand. She looks down at a table in front of her that has 5 plates filled with the food on her tray. Spanish caption. Y ahora sobran 4.

Timed video game showing Diego holding a fork and Mica standing by. Next to them, a column of vegetables with number points in the hundreds. Spanish caption. Computerized voice as narrator. Puntos sumados, 1,700.

Cartoon of Diego, Mica, and Alterio standing next to a structure made of rods and circular joints. Mica plays the flute which appears to make a few rods and joints float in the air above the structure. Spanish caption. Se llaman caras laterales.

Cartoon of Alterio the hamster standing on grass with a smug expression on his face. He's holding up a finger and aiming a blue pen with the word Narcado on the side. Spanish caption. Seguro como que me llamó Alterio.

Cartoon of a woman holding a cardboard box reacting with surprise to something out of view. Behind her, there are orange lockers with numbers on them. Spanish caption. Bueno, les voy a mostrar.

Cartoon first person aerial view of Alterio the hamster holding a package of mints. He has turned the package and is looking down at the ingredients section. Spanish caption. Um, no puedo leer esta letra.

Cartoon of Mica standing outside next to a homemade cardboard castle. She's wearing a crown decorated with buttons and hugging Alterio the hamster to her chest. Spanish caption. Ay, gracias, mi príncipe.

Cartoon of Diego driving a truck along the border of a field of planted young sprouts. Spanish. Y lo resolvemos dividiendo.

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."

Pastel painting of a woman in a simple black dress with white lace collar drinking tea at a dining table. Caption. And two slices of cake.

Cartoon closeup of cream being poured into a cup of coffee resting on a white and red checkered table cloth.

Cartoon of a sparse desert landscape with a grouping of rocks and a cactus. A white Panama hat rests on the sand nearby.

Black and white illustration of a character with a distressed expression and tears emanating from their face. Spanish caption. ¡Ah, ah, ah!

Young man in a purple shirt looks directly at camera in front of a blue cartoon wall with brown doors. Caption. Samantha and Ethan, believe it or not.

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Overhead shot of 4 children smiling and looking up at the camera with the top of their heads touching together.

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2 images over a blue square over an orange background. The left image shows a hand holding a red and yellow apple, the right shows a hand holding a container of candy. Yellow text reads, "Apple or candy?" Caption. Which one is good for him?