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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.

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

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Accessibility Information

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

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Deaf - General

Within Deaf Life

Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He is turned and looks to the side of camera with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. When it's close to 5 minutes or 10 minutes of a test.

Medium view of a woman sitting and looking towards camera as she uses sign language. She is on a studio set with a beige backdrop behind her. Caption. Pointing to the slide allows the student to see.

Woman looks to the side of camera as she speaks in a living room-like setting. Caption. That only 1 person is talking at a time.

Seated woman looks to the side of camera, speaking as she gestures with both hands. Caption. The signing happening all over the classroom.

Young woman is seated and looks at camera with her mouth closed. Next to her on a table, are small scientific glass beakers and a mortar and pestle. A standing microscope is behind her. Caption. About levels of hearing loss or a student's ability.

Seated woman in a classroom setting. She looks to the side of camera with eyebrows gently arched and mouth open. She gestures with both hands. Caption. And turns to face the class and explain what they wrote.

Seated man in a classroom setting. He looks to the side of camera with an expression of concentration as he gestures with both hands. Caption. I would suggest that new teachers draw everything out.

Seated man looks to the side of camera with his eyes squinting and his mouth closed as he uses sign language. Caption. Deaf students are diverse.

Young boy wearing a cochlear implant examines a small device that a woman is holding up in her hands. Caption. Enabling a person to perceive sound.

Man in a suit signs with both hands. Title card reads, "Are All Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Protected by the A, D, A?" Text on screen reads, "Disability equals physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. Physical impairment includes deaf and hard of hearing." Caption. Does the A, D, A protect all deaf and hard of hearing students?

Man in suit signs with hands crossed at his chest. Title card reads, "Definition of 'Disability.' " Text on screen reads, "Other types of disabilities defined under A, D, A. Regarded as having such an impairment." Caption. That person is protected under the A, D, A.

Frame from documentary, Sound and Fury. Woman stands on stage using sign language.

Black and white photo of a group of men playing basketball, one reaches up to the basket and the other tries to block him. Caption. The Los Angeles Club of the Deaf.

An outdoor image of a house built over still water and surrounded by trees. Caption. Eventually found a new home in French-speaking Louisiana.

A man sits in driver's seat with car stopped. He leans over to open passenger door for a man standing next to the car. Caption. Come on. I don't bite.

Woman smiles and holds up a hand to gesture in sign language. Caption. Most of the following poems were created in A, S, L.

2 teenagers stand opposite 1 another, 1 using a hearing device. Text below image reads, "You're welcome. Have a nice flight."

Woman stands between 2 babies swinging forward in bucket swings. Caption. Where there was one twin that was born hearing.

Gael Hannan, an actor with short blonde hair wearing a bright red scarf, looks off camera. Caption. No way. Don't you dare.

2 teenage boys in an auditorium setting, 1 holds drumsticks and the other looks down at a drum.

Slit screen of a person in a virtual reality suit and the computer representation of her body. Caption: It actually recognizes my skeleton based on these different markers.

3 women look down at an open book with loose sheets of paper. Caption. Nikki is also voicing the role of Amanda.

Senior man wearing a baseball cap and soccer jersey looks off camera, gesturing with his hands. Spanish caption. Y cuando uno es niño es muy inquieto me esto.

2 women talk across a desk in a government office. Caption. Historically, parents have been left out of the 'real workings' of the educational dynamic.

Black and white image of a young woman touching her thumb and index fingers together, interlocking them like a linked chain.

4 girls seated in classroom looking at woman using sign language. Caption. Make sure that you put down numbers 1 through 10.