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Cinemas raise ire of deaf and blind
8 December 2009
FILMMAKER Adam Elliot has joined disabled and advocacy groups who have denounced cinema companies for applying for an exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act.The Hoyts, Village, Greater Union and Reading chains have asked the Australian Human Rights Commission for a 2½-year exemption from complaints about providing captioning for the deaf and audio description for the blind.
In return, the cinemas say they will install the equipment to run the technology for three screenings a week in 35 cinemas in Australia. click here to read more...
Source: The Age (theage.com.au)