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Agree with all of you. Also, the article stated that John, due to an LD, could not read above a 5th grade level. If the c-print captionist is transcribing word for word, as they are obligated to do, I would venture to say that at a 5th grade reading level he would have quite a lot of difficulty following Sr. High level discussions; particularly as quickly as one needs to read when using realtime captioning.
If, however, the cpationist is only taking notes, and paraphrasing the material presented, then he is not receiving equal access, as the material is being altered before being provided.
My question to these parents would be, if you know that he is unable to access,at the very least, 30% of the information in an oral only environment, why the hell do you insist on keeping him in an oral only environment?
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