DOJ Requires Closed Captions in Theaters | WWC

The Attorney General today signed the Department's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to revise the department's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) title III regulation to require movie theaters to exhibit movies with closed movie captioning and audio description, to require theaters to provide notice to the public about the availability of these services, and to ensure that theaters have staff available who can provide information to patrons about the use of these services. 

This NPRM will soon be published in the Federal Register. Once it is published, there will be a 60-day comment period.