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TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF AND ITS MEDIA PARTNERS, WIS-TV, WYFF, WCSC, AND WBTW FOR THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE REAL-TIME CLOSED CAPTIONING PROJECT AND FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED CITIZENS OF OUR STATE.
Whereas, the Real-Time Closed Captioning project has made a significant contribution toward improving the quality of life for the hard of hearing citizens in our State by allowing people with hearing impairments real-time access to news, weather, and emergency information; and
Whereas, with great innovation and entrepreneurial skill, the Association and its media partners created a public/private partnership to address this need in a way that increased citizen participation in solving difficult societal issues; and
Whereas, the hard-of-hearing community and the business community came together and created a community-based project that allows hearing-impaired individuals to more fully participate in civic and community life; and
Whereas, the General Assembly would like to commend the Association and its partners for developing a far-reaching program that is publicly available to all of our state's citizens; and
Whereas, one of the most important aspects of this project is to keep the hearing-impaired community informed during hurricanes and other emergency situations; and
Whereas, emergency captioning is available on demand twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week; and
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, would like to recognize and commend this truly outstanding project for the innovative approach through which some of the leading businesses and a nonprofit organization addressed an important community need. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly recognize and commend the South Carolina Association of the Deaf and its media partners, WIS-TV, WYFF, WCSC, and WBTW for the creation and operation of the Real-Time Closed Captioning project and for their commitment to providing equal access to information for the hearing impaired citizens of our State.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, WIS-TV, WYFF, WCSC, and WBTW.
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