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Deaf and hard-of-hearing Virginians share their experiences with movie theater captioning and discuss House Bill 602, proposed legislation that would require open-captioned movie screenings across Virginia.

Hosted by Potomac Local News’ Kelly Sienkowski, the discussion features Jamie Berke, ReBecca Bennett, and Witteborg, who describe ongoing challenges with captioning devices and explain why open captions on the big screen would improve access for Deaf families, children, and groups.

House Bill 602 is sponsored by Delegate Phil Hernandez of Norfolk and was referred to the House General Laws Committee.

The conversation also explores how captions support literacy, language access, and inclusion for Deaf individuals, children learning to read, and people for whom English is a second language.

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