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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Movie Captioning and Video Description
ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection: Part C (2011 forward) Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- Motion pictures.
- Arizona.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] [publisher not identified] 2011
- Summary:
- Reviews statutory language and legislative history of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits places of public accommodations, including movie theaters, from providing individuals with disabilities a service that is not equal to that afforded individuals without disabilities. Addresses Department of Justice advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding movie captioning and video description, and reviews Ninth Circuit Court ruling in >Arizona volume Harkins Amusement Enterprises</EMPHASIS> addressing ADA requirements for closed captioning and video descriptions
- Notes:
- CRS Report
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Publisher Number:
- CRS-2011-AML-0098
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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