May 2009 archive

Fishing for Movies with Captionfish

You may have seen [Fomdi](http://www.fomdi.com/), a web site that helps you locate captioned movies (either open caption or rear window) by zip code and how far the theaters are from your home. Fomdi has a Google search-like interface. It provides a great service, but it doesn’t catch every movie. Today, it shows only one captioned …

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Defensive Situations

Amazing Race‘s Luke responded to a question that confirmed that some deaf people (me included) tend to be more defensive than the average person. Here’s the interview response I’m talking about: The deaf community has responded very positively. They were very happy with how I played the game and that I made the final three. …

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Designing for Accessibility Links

[Laura Carlson](http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdevlist) provides loads of links to great articles on accessibility in web design. Want to share them with you. [Create Your Own Accessibility Statement](http://www.nomensa.com/web-accessibility/create-your-own-accessibility-statement.html): “An accessibility statement has two basic functions. Firstly, it presents clear information about the target level of web accessibility for the website and the methods used to achieve those targets.Secondly, …

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Minsinterpreting: Is It Just Me?

OK, sometimes I feel like I should learn how to create a neutral look on my face and talk as little as possible. Or else someone misinterprets a perfectly friendly or innocent comment or look for something negative. My famous look: Quiet. We all have quiet days. When I am quiet, I just don’t feel …

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