My hubby and I were discussing movie theater captioning this afternoon, and I found myself playing Devil’s Advocate.
“If I’m a movie theater owner, why would I pay money to install a captioning device that meets the needs of a VERY small minority of my target audience, and indeed, may irritate other paying customers?” I asked.
Well, [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Movie Theater Captioning — A Different Thought
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Let’s Go Out to the Movies
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Within 15 miles of my home, there are four movie theaters that offer rear view captioning. Yes, I’m incredibly lucky that I have so many options. I know there are some who go on great epic journeys to see a captioned movie.
But, um…. I haven’t been to a movie theater in months. If movie theaters are [...]
Social versus Physical Disability
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Webster’s Dictionary has an absolutely dreadful definition for disability: “The condition of being disabled.” It’s one of those circular definitions that leaves you wondering exactly what it means. I like my definition better: ”Something that prevents you from doing or from doing well.”
I haven’t thought of myself as physcially disabled in about 10 years. That’s about the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2009 | 7 Comments »
An acquaintance of mine often describes himself as deaf. The first time I heard that, my initial response was outrage. How dare he call himself deaf?! His hearing is practically normal compared to mine! How dare he put himself at the same hearing level as me! People would think (and did think) that we could [...]
