To the Commissioner,
 I strongly disagree with the theatre /cinema exemption from the Disability Discrimination.
 This new standard effectively means that I will not attend a movie  again for the two years. 
I feel it is disgraceful that so few movies have to be captioned and none outside the Victorian 
metropolitan area.
As a person in regional Victoria area I have so few options to enjoy popular culture and now my 
local cinema, that is currently being upgraded, knows it does not have to cater for me or any 
other hearing, blind or Deaf person.
 I feel greatly discriminated against in may aspects of my life and now with no improvement over 
the next two years in this area. 
In this submission I speak for myself as an individual and also speak the concerns of a large 
number of hearing impaired and deaf people that AI work with and for.

Regards erica smith




deaf access Victoria 

Barwon South West Co-ordinator

Ph: 03 55618114   Fax: 03 55618100

Email: dav@mpower.org.au;  Web: www.mpower.org.au

daV fulfils its goals by: 

*     Helping community organisations and services to work more 
effectively with deaf and hard of hearing people. 
*     Raising awareness in the local community about the issues and 
needs of deaf and hard of hearing people. 
*     Providing information relating to deafness or hearing loss to: 
deaf and hard of hearing people; their families or carers; as well as to 
agencies that provide services to deaf or hard of hearing people; and to 
the general community.