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SEEKING PERFORMERS
NO PRIOR ACTING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Casting Search for DISNEY+ TV Show

TEGAN – Deaf. Female, 8 – 12 years old, Native American. Smart, sensitive and mature.

Please note that the dialogue in the audition scene will need to be signed in ASL (American Sign Language).

Please send a recent photo and bio to TeganSubmissions@sarahfinnco.com
for more information and materials

We are committed to diverse, inclusive and authentic casting. We highly encourage performers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing to apply. We highly encourage performers who are Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples to apply. For every role, please submit qualified performers, without regard to disability, race, age, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law, unless otherwise specifically indicated.

  • The Sarah Finn Casting Company

Recherche de casting pour l’émission de télévision DISNEY

CHERCHE INTERPRÈTES
AUCUNE EXPÉRIENCE PRÉALABLE N’EST REQUISE

TEGAN – Sourde. Fille âgée de 8 à 12 ans, amérindienne. Intelligente, sensible et mature.

Veuillez noter que les dialogues de la scène d’audition devront être signés en ASL (American Sign Language).

Veuillez envoyer une photo récente et une biographie à
TeganSubmissions@sarahfinnco.com
pour plus d’informations et de matériel

Nous sommes attachés à un casting diversifié, inclusif et authentique. Nous encourageons vivement les artistes sourds ou malentendants à postuler. Nous encourageons vivement les artistes-interprètes d’origine amérindienne, des Premières nations et des peuples indigènes à postuler. Pour chaque rôle, veuillez soumettre la candidature d’artistes qualifiés, sans considération de handicap, de race, d’âge, de couleur, d’origine nationale, d’orientation sexuelle ou d’identité de genre, ou de toute autre base interdite par la loi, sauf indication contraire.

  • The Sarah Finn Casting Company
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Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA

This guidance describes how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can make sure that their websites are accessible to people with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Learn more about businesses’ and state and local governments’ ADA responsibilities.

Why Website Accessibility Matters

Inaccessible web content means that people with disabilities are denied equal access to information. An inaccessible website can exclude people just as much as steps at an entrance to a physical location. Ensuring web accessibility for people with disabilities is a priority for the Department of Justice. In recent years, a multitude of services have moved online and people rely on websites like never before for all aspects of daily living. For example, accessing voting information, finding up-to-date health and safety resources, and looking up mass transit schedules and fare information increasingly depend on having access to websites.

People with disabilities navigate the web in a variety of ways. People who are blind may use screen readers, which are devices that speak the text that appears on a screen. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may use captioning. And people whose disabilities affect their ability to grasp and use a mouse may use voice recognition software to control their computers and other devices with verbal commands.

The ways that websites are designed and set up can create unnecessary barriers that make it difficult or impossible for people with disabilities to use websites, just as physical barriers like steps can prevent some people with disabilities from entering a building. These barriers on the web keep people with disabilities from accessing information and programs that businesses and state and local governments make available to the public online. But these barriers can be prevented or removed so that websites are accessible to people with disabilities.

Read the rest at https://beta.ada.gov/web-guidance/?j=1437348&sfmc_sub=191084203&l=6707_HTML&u=32042776&mid=515008575&jb=0.

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Commentary: Time has come for open captions at movies

How often do you go to the movies?

For many people, going to the movies is a relatively inexpensive form of entertainment and escapism. However, millions of Americans have limited access to the joys of the silver screen. Despite the protections offered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, many deaf and hard-of-hearing movie patrons still struggle to access and fully enjoy movie showings.

While some movie theaters offer closed-captioning devices, there are numerous problems with them. First, these devices are limited in number. Suppose a group or a large family of deaf/hard-of-hearing patrons want to watch the same movie.

These devices are often broken, left uncharged or glitchy. For example, patrons may be frustrated when their device, rather than displaying the captions for the movie they are viewing, is showing the dialogue for the movie in the theater next door. They also create an uncomfortable moviegoing experience.

Read the rest at https://baytobaynews.com/stories/commentary-time-has-come-for-open-captions-at-movies,73112.

* Written by By Daphne Werner, a DSD teacher.

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