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"See this also: http://www.ada.gov/hospcombr.htm from the ADA, it's the law. Communicating with your physician or any healthcare provider is always vital, and sometimes also a matter of life and death. Could there be a better reason for full verbatim real time text (CART) for those who require it? Even if it's a "routine" check-up, one "usual" follow-up visit, a first meeting with a new provider, a conference to help care for a loved one, an emergency room visit, or a health education video handed to you for cancer treatment, CART or captions will serve thousands if not millions. Why? 37 million is the current estimate of people with deafness or hearing loss in the USA alone. Not all need CART. Some use hearing aids or other listening devices for full speech comprehension. (Keep in mind many hearing aids wind up in drawers, never to be seen again, because hearing aids do not cure hearing loss, and are uncomfortable for many; the result is that some deny any hearing loss and learn to "bluff" extremely well). CART is a universally appropriate language (in whatever language you use) for all who can read. It is used by people who are deaf also (though some prefer sign language). CART provides an easy record (transcript) of what is said for best health and for proper treatments. While talking with your provider, while you or the nation is paying for the best healthcare one hopes to find, it's essential not to miss a word."

"Before anything else - please review this: http://www.ada.gov/comprob.htm Your local, state or national government needs to include you - For one example, a few CCAC members are asking for captioning inclusion for town meetings - very important. Not easy to find access. And then, with captioning streamed online too - can be done! Some towns are already doing this, and we say thanks. (...)"

"Breaking Down Laws Applicable to CART From Pete Wacht, Senior Director, Communications and Public Affairs, NCRA That Affect Both Provider and Consumer In a world where laws of every sort govern people's daily lives, it can be confusing to determine the differences between them. When dealing with a service like Communication Access Realtime Translation(CART), where the consumers, who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, are considered disabled, even more laws apply. From the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act(IDEA), both the CART provider and consumer are faced with a multitude of provisions and restrictions. Here is a look at each one individually as they relate to CART, including the requirements and definitions in the law, who is covered and what kind of services they provide. (...) "

"(...) See all the articles listed below, following a short list of more general resources that provide excellent information.: a. General advocacy resource - ADA Free Web Course on Disability Rights (...) b. (...) National Park Service (...) c. (...) video about "accessible media" in education (...) d. (...) TDI (...) about Television Captioning and Airline Travel (...) e. http://www.howtobecomeacourtreporter.info/ is about Court Reporters. (...)

"CCAC Letter for distribution. If you copy and use this, please credit this website and the CCAC. Below the letter is more information about why captioning is needed in this "category of life." For immediate distribution (March 2011) (...) Due to the importance of this assistive technology, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes CART as an auxiliary aid that is considered an effective communication access for those who depend on it. Not only is it an effective assistive technology for those with hearing loss, but also, captioning is useful for people who are learning "English as a second language, children learning how to read and visual learners". (...)"