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Research & policy
Deaf advocate takes discrimination claim to the United Nations
In February 2012, Lockrey was summoned for jury service in Lismore Court in northern NSW. He wrote to the court and requested live captioning be provided for him during the trial. After much correspondence, Lockrey was informed that captions would not be provided and that he had been excused from jury service because he is Deaf.
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Opinion: Australia still a prison for vision impaired TV viewers
I want you to sit back and imagine something if you will. Imagine coming home from a long day and settling down in front of the TV like everyone else does of an evening. You switch on the set and find that The Big Bang Theory is on. Sheldon has just done something crazy as always and the results are causing the audience to laugh hard and clap loudly. But you have no idea what is happening and it is never explained in a way that will allow you to enjoy the wonderful visual comedy that others are able to view.
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Unpublished
Call for an ongoing audio description service trial
An ongoing service trial would provide viewers who are blind and vision impaired with a similar service to the 2012 technical trial, while allowing the ABC to resolve any issues involved in delivering AD nationally.
The ‘It’s as easy as ABC’ campaign is calling on supporters to write to Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Communications, and Mark Scott, the ABC’s Managing Director, asking them to proceed with the service trial this year.
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