Disability/Access for All
Sites in this category:
- Channel Four - Vee-Tv
- Site of Channel Four magazine programme directed at deaf audience. Site includes sections on current issues pertinent to the deaf and a relevant TV drama series. Site also holds information on people with impaired hearing who are involved in television and film industries.
- Deaf Focus Film Festival
- Annual festival for films made by deaf filmmakers, or by hearing filmmakers that work with the deaf community, that takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Disability Films
- Site holds a detailed list of 2,500 feature films which involve in one way or another various 'disabilities'. Aimed at teachers and students, films are divided by category, e.g. autism, mental illness, deafness etc. Also lists recommended films, arranged by title and by disability. Provides synopsis and critique of each film, but does not focus on access/distribution details
- Disability World
- Bi-monthly web-zine of international disability news and views. Contains a section reviewing portrayals of disability in recent feature films. Site also holds articles on recent international developments on legal rights, employment and technology for people with disabilities.
- London Disability Arts Forum
- London Disability Arts Forum is a disability-led organisation focused on promoting Disability Arts and the work of disabled artists. Provides information on the Disability Film Festival, and includes information on the magazine DAIL - Disability Arts in London - and how to subscribe. Plus current information on Performance and Visual Arts produced by people with disabilities, helpful links and contact details.
- Royal National Institute of the Blind Film and Media
- The site of the RNIB contains various sections outlining how film, media and television can be used by the blind and partially sighted. Using search term 'film' - information available includes a list of cinemas throughout UK offering audio description of films, a list of videos about sight loss, and the RNIB Home Video Service. Also provides an extensive section on the information broadcast professionals need to know. This covers making TV accessible, the portrayal of blind/partially sighted on television and the better use of text on screen. Plus useful links throughout, to other relevant organisations.
- Your Local Cinema
- Site dedicated to campaigning for 'subtitled and audio-described mainstream screening', for people with impaired sight and hearing. Provides details of cinemas which are introducing equipment for deaf and blind users throughout the UK, news on recent film releases - and its national petition for subtitled films. Users can send their email to site and be informed every week of new subtitled films showing in their locality.
