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Tingtun Checker – Check the accessibility of web pages and PDFs

Provides guidance on which barriers are created by content and how to overcome them to create accessible online resources.

Learn BSL from home in your own time with www.british-sign.co.uk

By british-sign.co.uk

Sign Language is a visual means of communicating using gestures, facial expression, and body language. Sign Language is used mainly by people who are Deaf or have hearing impairments. Online Signing Course – Learn BSL in your own time from the comfort of your home.

YouTube Help: Add your own subtitles and closed captions

By Google

Subtitles and closed captions open up your content to a larger audience, including deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers or those who speak languages besides the one spoken in your video. If you already have captions or subtitles, get help editing or removing existing captions.

Closed Captioning on Zoom

By zoom.us

Getting started with closed captioning on Zoom. Closed captioning allows you or another meeting attendee, assigned by the host, to add closed captioning in a meeting. In a webinar, closed captioning can be typed by the host, co-host, or a panelist assigned by the host. You can type the closed captions directly via Zoom or … More

How do I add captions to my Page’s video on Facebook?

By facebook.com

You can add captions to your Page’s video to make it accessible to a broader audience. You can automatically generate captions and edit them, write them yourself or you can upload a SubRip (.srt) file.

We need more representation for autistic people of colour

By Anoushay Okhai for gal-dem. gal-dem.com

I tend to tell new people that I’m diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome fairly quickly. I see it as pragmatic. They get a slightly better idea of how my brain works, they can help me with things that I find more difficult, and they understand why Leicester Square’s crowds are my personal seventh circle of hell. … More

BSL Zone: Deaf Funny Programme 6

By BSL Zone

Includes “The Deaf Cinema Experience” Last in the series. Deaf Funny is back for more comedy sketches based on Deaf life!

I have nonverbal autism. Here’s what i want you to know.

By Philip and Lisa Reyes researchautism.org

I want people to know autism is another way of being. I am weary of stereotypes that make us out to be less human than neurotypical people. I have listened to people talk negatively about autism since I was diagnosed and, as a result, I learned to hate myself and think I was a monster … More

Hijinx Theatre

We are Hijinx. We work from Wales but reach the whole world. We make strikingly different theatre. We are acclaimed for our award-winning theatre productions, community projects and diversity training. We are unashamedly ambitious for our Hijinx Actors. We want to see a learning disabled and/or autistic actor win an Oscar by 2030.

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Deaf Awareness Week, co-ordinated by UK Council on Deafness is a campaign in which many different organisations participate, each able to promote their own work within the broad spectrum of deafness.

Many organisations collaborate and work together in a joint campaign of UK wide national and local events to raise awareness of the needs of the 1 in 6 deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK. Deaf Awareness Week aims to promote the positive aspects of deafness, promote social inclusion and raise awareness of the huge range of local organisations that support deaf people and their family and friends.

Cinema and d/Deaf awareness

There are many ways in which cinemas and exhibitors can get involved to promote d/Deaf awareness within their organisations and for audiences. From staff learning some basic BSL signing to programming more captioned subtitled films to always adding subtitles to social media content, here are some resources to get you started.

d/Deaf awareness online

When planning film exhibition initiatives online it is important to think about access and inclusion for everyone.

Things to think about regarding d/Deaf awareness and online film exhibition:

Include films with closed captioned / subtitled options. Check individual films and VOD platforms for availability.
Add captions to videos on social media
Include or enable closed captions on live broadcasts for example on Facebook Live or Zoom
Include a BSL interpreter where possible for film discussions
We recommend using professional subtitling services to ensure consistency of accessibility and quality. You can find professional subtitling services here, some of which offer advice and training.

Share your experiences

We would love to know about your film or cinema project at Inclusive Cinema. If you’d like to submit your own case study, please download this Inclusive screening case study template and submit it to toki[at]filmhubwales.org, so we can share your experiences, too.

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d/Deaf and HOH national and regional organisations ICO Guide: Developing Deaf Audiences in Your Cinema