Updated as of October 11, 2024. July is Disability Pride Month because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed on July 26, 1990. The ADA built upon earlier legislation to strengthen the civil rights protections of individuals with disabilities. In July 2023, our Maryland Bridges Technical Assistance Center celebrated #DisabilityPrideMonth with a series of […]

Updated as of October 8, 2024. July is Disability Pride Month because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed on July 26, 1990. The ADA built upon earlier legislation to strengthen the civil rights protections of individuals with disabilities. In July 2023, our Maryland Bridges Technical Assistance Center celebrated #DisabilityPrideMonth with a series of […]

Updated as of October 8, 2024. July is Disability Pride Month because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed on July 26, 1990. The ADA built upon earlier legislation to strengthen the civil rights protections of individuals with disabilities. In July 2023, our Maryland Bridges Technical Assistance Center celebrated #DisabilityPrideMonth with a series of […]

Updated as of September 14, 2024. Below, we share some tips that can help sighted educators better understand how to provide blind/low vision students effective access to instruction (presentations, curriculum, documents, videos, etc.). Am I Asking Too Much? Probably not. In most cases, you are asking your teachers to provide on-time access to information –  […]

Updated as of August 19, 2024. Audio description (AD) provides verbal descriptions of visual elements of a movie, television show, or other videos. Find out more in the Bridges Resource Library’s About Audio Description entry. Curated Audio Described Educational Videos from DCMP A great source for FREE professional AD videos is the Described and Captioned […]