From: GILLIAN FLETCHER Sent: Friday, 4 December 2009 10:00 AM To: disabdis Subject: Application for exemption Dear madam / sir, I am writing to express my opposition to the application to the AHRC by Hoyts, Greater Union, Village Cinemas and Reading Cinemas for a Temporary Exemption under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, from complaints in relation to the provision of captions and audio description in their cinemas. This amounts to effectively telling people who are hearing-impaired that they are not permitted access to an entertainment that the rest of us take for granted. Gillian Fletcher