President Obama Signs Twenty-first Century Communications
& Video Accessibility Act
On October 8th, President Barack Obama signed into law the
Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. The
law is designed to ensure that Americans with disabilities can more fully
participate in society and enjoy all that new technologies have to offer --
especially Internet-based and mobile services.
The new law will make it easier for people who are deaf,
blind or have low vision to access the Internet, smart phones, television
programming and other communications and video technologies. The law will also
make sure that emergency information is accessible to individuals who are blind
or have low vision. In addition, $10 million per year will be allocated from
the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Fund for equipment used by
individuals who are deaf or blind. For more information, read “What S.3304
Does For Us” (http://www.coataccess.org/node/9776) from the Coalition of
Organizations for Accessible Technology.
For more information about accessible technology, go to
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President Barack Obama signs into law the
Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 on
Friday, Oct. 8th, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in
Washington. Standing, from left, are Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark.; Sen. Jay
Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass.; Stevie Wonder; Rep. Henry
Waxman, D-Calif.; Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; and Sen. Byron Dorgan,
D-N.D.
(Source White House website) |
