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Advisory group on students with disability announced
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This announcement was made at yesterday’s National Schools Disability Stakeholder Forum: Australian Schooling Promoting Equity and Excellence,a forum with 65 stakeholders from the disability and education sectors.
Of key interest to the forum was the $200 million More Support for Students with Disability initiative, the development of a nationally consistent definition of disability, and the Australian Government Review of School Funding.
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Conference brings access into the communications spotlight
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The conference will bring together policy makers, interest groups and industry leaders, and the accessibility of media for people with disabilities will be a key concern during the event. The sessions will be streamed live online with captions, showing the depth of ACCAN’s commitment to accessibility.
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Audio description for mobile phones delayed in the US
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The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 reinstated audio description quotas for television. The main television services will have to comply with this by 1 July 2012, delivering the service on a second audio channel on set-top boxes. The NAB argued that introducing audio description for mobile TV will be more difficult, as mobile receivers will need to be modified to receive the service.
The TVTechnology website includes commentary on the issue.
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