Grant Laird, Jr. Blog

How many of you guys ever use NAD-based Captioned Media Program (CMP) service?

My deaf parent used it all the times under different name in 70’s and 80’s. We love to watch 8mm movie every weekend then passed it to another deaf family.

Of course, we don’t do that anymore. VHS and DVD are now majority in their service. In fact, we still use it from time to time. We checked few educational films (great for research) where you probably won’t find it at public library or Netflix.

CMP is getting bigger these days. They have website where you can check stuff anytime. No big & thick book every year which save them thousand dollars annually. They also have many classic DVD movies.

Now, they are in it with PBS to promote cartoon TV Kid (Maya and Miguel) show with deaf characters in it. How cool is that? Too bad I don’t have small children anymore but if you know anybody, please pass it around.

In case you wonder, it is open to anybody — not just for school stuff.

To read press release: click here. (including downloadable materials)

The Captioned Media Program (CMP) has formed a partnership with Scholastic Media to help raise deaf awareness through a groundbreaking episode of Maya and Miguel that features a deaf character who uses ASL to communicate. The episode, “Give Me a Little Sign,” will premiere on September 25 and will continue to broadcast daily until Friday, September 29, in celebration of Deaf Awareness Week (September 24–30, 2006). This episode will also be broadcast with open captions (this is a first for PBS KIDS GO!sm programming).

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