Re: Going to the movies -need advice captions

[Guest guest]

Lis, there is a Canadian group in Missassaugua Ontario that is advocating for

captioning across Canada. their website is: http://www.cmnc.ca/ they are the

caption movies now coalition. I don't know if they have made inroads yet, but

that certainly is the way the process developed in the US.

:-)

Re: Going to the movies -need advice

>

> In our theatres, the wheelchair seating is about 3 -4 rows from the front

> and it's near the middle so it's really great. With Kennedy, she can sit

> almost anywhere and she's okay. She likes to sit " at the top, mama! " at

> the

> highest row in the back. We just let her pick. She has to turn her hearing

> aid down at the movies; she finds it too loud (the music/background noise)

> but then she misses some of what they say sometimes and I spend part of

> the

> time interpreting. Why can't they just have CC at the movies?? Life

> would be so much easier if they did!

>

>

> On 7/6/07, & Randy

michelle.goodwin@...>

> wrote:

> >

> > We sit in the middle. It really depends on how the seating is set up.

> > , Randy & Garland Goodwin

> >

> > ---- Jody Wolfe jdwolfe4@...

> wrote:

> >

> > =============

> > I was thinking of taking Ethan to his first movie this weekend and

> wanted

> > to find out where is the best place for him to sit visually. I was

> planning

> > on having him sit in his wheelchair. Some theaters have the wheelchair

> > seating towards the front and some towards the back. I'm afraid to sit

> him

> > in the back since he can only see about 10 feet in distance. Where is

> the

> > best for your children?

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> > Jody - mom to Ethan (ChARGE) and

> >

> > ---------------------------------

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> > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the point , I'm going to check 'em out now...

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