From:	Paul Nordheim [pnordheim@DeafSociety.com]
Sent:	Monday, 7 December 2009 11:49 AM
To:	disabdis
Cc:	emeyer@ddlcnsw.org.au
Subject:	Re: Access to caption movies for Deaf community

To Whom It May Concern;

I would like to raise my concerns and argue regarding possible future plans leading to cutting down 
captioning at movies which will have a huge impact on Deaf/Hearing impaired people as well as Blind 
people who rely on AD – I’m not sure if this will be affected also.

 A lot of Deaf people suffer on an everyday basis because of a lot of barriers – to escape from this, a lot 
of Deaf people like to go to the movies and enjoy a movie with captions. The cutting down of captions 
will have a HUGE impact – you might not realise this but if you ask every other Deaf people, they will 
give you the same story. Where is our rights as a human individual should the cinemas apply and be 
successful with AHRC for exemption of the Disability Discrimination Act? If this is the case – then I 
guarantee Deaf people will not go to the movies for one, why would we pay the full price if we don’t 
understand a single word at the cinemas and so on. 

I would like to continue having human rights as an individual to enjoy everyday life therefore I ask you 
to put yourselves in our ‘shoes’ and reconsider the exemption of captioning.

I look forward hearing from you and receive some good news soon.



Kind Regards
 
PAUL NORDHEIM
Community Access Information Service – Community Worker
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