From:	Harris, Stacey 
Sent:	Monday, 7 December 2009 5:01 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Re Captioning changes [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

I would like to voice my opposition to the application from the Cinema industry, to be exempt 
from the Disability Discrimination Act in relation to captioning for the next two and a half years. 
In an era when the focus is on ‘mainstreaming’ and ‘involving’ all people of the community, it is 
an extremely primitive step to take to isolate a (large and) specific group of people. I live in a 
regional centre and as it is, my Deaf friends and I have to travel to Melbourne to see captioned 
films, if this application is accepted, this will further reduce, if not eliminate, our opportunity to 
attend the cinema. Given one in 6 people in Australia have a hearing problem, this is a huge 
exclusion to social interaction for a large portion of our society.
Please don’t accept this application
Sincerely

Stacey Harris
Audiologist
Australian Hearing Albury