From:	Rebekah Murthy 

Sent:	Monday, 7 December 2009 6:49 PM
To:	disabdis

Dear Sir/Madam

I understand that the Cinema Industry has applied for an exemption from the 
Disability Discrimination Act in relation to captioning for the next two and a 
half years.

Our hearing impaired population depend heavily on captioning to watch 
movies at the cinema, especially when there is a lot of background music 
which makes it difficult for them to hear the dialogue.  Accepting the above 
requests would mean that our hearing impaired would be at a disadvantage 
when watching movies and it would discourage them from going to the 
movies.  As we encourage all our hearing impaired to continue to lead as 
normal a life as possible, I do not think the request of the Cinema Industry 
promotes inclusiveness of their services to the public.

I thus cannot see how their request can be supported. 

Kind Regards
Rebekah Murthy
Audiologist