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  • WGBH/Media Access
    Developing technologies that make TV and other media more accessible to disabled people.
    125 Western Avenue
    Boston, Massachusetts
    02134
    617-300-2000
    http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/


     
  • Sprout´s Make-A-Movie Program
    Offers people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to star in and be part of the creative video-making process.
    888.222.9575
    anthony@gosprout.org
    http://www.gosprout.org/006.html


     
  • CBC TV Moving On
    Television show that sets lights and cameras on people with disabilities bringing their relationships, opinions, successes, tools for independence, and above all good stories into focus. CBC Broadcasting Centre
    Suite 7E400
    PO Box 500, Station A
    Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6
    416-205-2366
    416-205-3399
    http://tv.cbc.ca/movingon/
    movingon@cbc.ca


     
  • WeSeeTV.com
    Television Accessibility for persons with visual impairments Sound Adventures, Inc.
    16161 Ventura Blvd #788 Encino, CA 91436
    phone: (866) 937-3388
    http://weseetv.com/
    info@weseetv.com


     
  • Sprout Film Festival
    An annual festival in New York City showcasing films by, for, and about people with developmental disabilities.
    893 Amsterdam Avenue
    New York, NY 10025
    212-222-9575
    212-222-9768
    Anthony Di Salvo, founder and executive director
    http://www.sff.gosprout.org/


     
  • John Callahan´s Quads
    An animated sitcom about a quadriplegic, Reilly O´Reilly, and his rather physically challenged friends. The characters, clips from some episodes, and production notes.
    http://www.mediaworld.com.au/animationworks/quads/


     
  • Solstice Films, Inc.
    Produces films and other educational resources to influence the lives of individuals facing life challenges such as disabilities and terminal illnesses
    18 North Main St.
    Sherborn, MA 01770
    508-650-1644
    info@solsticefilms.org
    http://www.solsticefilms.org


     
  • Magic Lamp Productions
    150 captioned educational videos on ASL -American Sign Language, for children and adults
    Gene Grossman´s MAGIC LAMP PRODUCTIONS
    1838 Washington Way - Venice, CA 90291-4704
    phone: (310)822-2985; (800)367-9661; fax: (310)827-9123
    videopage@earthlink.net
    http://www.aslvideos.com/


     
  • Captioned Media Program
    Provides all persons who are deaf or hard of hearing awareness of and equal access to communication and learning through the use of captioned educational media and supportive collateral materials.
    National Association of the Deaf
    1447 E. Main Street
    Spartanburg, SC 29307
    864-585-1778 (VOICE); 864-585-2617 (TTY); 864-585-2611 (FAX)
    800-237-6213 (VOICE); 800-237-6819 (TTY); 800-538-5636 (FAX)
    http://www.cfv.org/


     
  • Films involving Disabilities
    This site presents a detailed list of 2,500 feature films which involve in one way or another various disabilities. It is directed towards teachers, students and anyone who has an interest in how disability is represented in films.
    http://www.disabilityfilms.co.uk/


     
  • Aquarius Health Care Media
    Videos and DVD´s on disability issues.
    Aquarius Health Care Videos
    18 North Main Street
    Sherborn, MA 01770
    888-440-2963
    508-650-1616
    http://www.aquariusproductions.com


     
  • AbleTV.net
    Activities, information and assistive technologies of the disabled community through video streaming with audio description and closed captioning.
    http://abletv.net/

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“My heart pounded as I walked up Belmont Avenue,” recalls Rose Williams. “There I stood once again in front of George Rogers Clark School. I had always longed to go back to my elementary roots being the first physically challenged student in a regular class.”
Williams, now a published author and motivational speaker, saw her recent invitation to return to Clark School as both “wonderful and ironic.”

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