by Andreea Demirgian | May 19, 2018 | Accessibility, Education
A few weeks ago I sat down with Erin Poudrier, ASL interpreter, and we discussed about podcast accessibility. Erin is a huge fan of podcasts, especially those posted by the CBC. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyiPk2vlI4U&w=560&h=315] The transcript...
by Andreea Demirgian | May 5, 2018 | Accessibility, Education
More than 330,000 students in Ontario-funded schools have special education needs. But Ontario’s education system is not designed to fully include students with disabilities in mainstream classes. According to The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities...
by Andreea Demirgian | Apr 11, 2018 | Accessibility, Podcast
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eh-zmJDLsw&w=560&h=315]Levente Janosi is the President of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association chapter in Hamilton. Last year in November we sat down and discussed how important closed captioning is for people who...
by Andreea Demirgian | Apr 2, 2018 | Accessibility, Education, Podcast
Vanessa Wells is a captioning specialist. She says that people with disabilities are sometimes invisible but they absolutely have the right to captions. A transcript of my interview with her follows: [Reporter] Why should organizations care about captioning?...
by Andreea Demirgian | Feb 2, 2018 | Accessibility
This is the script for the first episode of The Accessible Podcast, a project developed for the Inclusive Writing and Communication Course. INTRO Andreea: Hi and welcome to “The Accessible Podcast”, an audio experience for all audiences. I am Andreea Demirgian, your...
