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US cinema access now includes autism needs

GMC cinemas in the US now run special screenings for children with autism. The screenings have the sound turned down and the lights on and allow the audience to do whatever they like. The original concept came from the frustration of a mother with an autistic daughter who was thrown out for dancing in the aisles during a screening of Hairspray.

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Spanish film festival in Melbourne shows captioned movies

The La Mirada Film Festival is presenting captioned screenings for two movies in its festival at Federation Square in Melbourne. The program is guest curated by legendary Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar. 

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Blind Citizens Australia ramps up cinema access campaign

Peak blind and vision impaired consumer organisation Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has turned up the volume on its push to expand the number of cinemas in Australia offering audio description (AD) services. 

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Audio Description review - Fantastic Mr Fox

Carol Arnold has reviewed an audio described screening of Fantastic Mr Fox in the first issue of the Blind Citizens Australia newsletter It’s Our Turn. The movie was shown with audio description at the Verona Cinema in Paddington, Sydney.

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New digital captioning system being unveiled at Show West

Digital cinema supplier Doremi is introducing a new closed caption viewing system at the Show West trade show in Las Vegas, USA, this week. 

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