Issue Position: Accessibility for Americans with Disabilities
Issue Position
Issues: Health and Health Care
On October 8, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law sweeping new legislation authored by then-Representative Markey. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act enables Americans with disabilities to use a wide range of devices and services needed in the digital era, including smart phones for accessing the Internet, closed captioning for online video, audio descriptions of television programming, audible emergency alerts and other technologies
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