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                Telecommunications Relay Services**Disability Consumer Guides**File a **Public Comment**File a **Consumer Complaint**Subscribe to **​****AccessInfo E-Mail Announcements****Contact Us****202-418-2517**(voice)**844-432-2275**(videophone)**DRO@fcc.gov** (e-mail)**ASL Consumer Support Line****About the Disability Rights Office**The **Disability Rights Office** addresses disability-related matters, including access to telecommunications services and equipment; hearing aid compatibility; access to advanced communications services and equipment; access to Internet browsers built into mobile phones; telecommunications relay services; the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program; accessible video programming and video programming apparatus (access to televised emergency information, closed captioning on television and television programs on the Internet, audio description, and accessible user interfaces, text menus, and program guides).The Disability Rights Office provides expert advice and assistance to other Commission bureaus and offices, consumers, industry and others on issues relevant to persons with disabilities. The Disability Rights Office initiates rulemaking where appropriate. The Disability Rights Office also reviews relevant agenda items and other documents and coordinates with Bureaus and Offices to develop recommendations and propose policies to ensure that communications are accessible to persons with disabilities, in conformance with existing disability laws and policies, and to ensure that they support the Commission’s goal of increasing accessibility of communications services and technologies for persons with disabilities.Disability-Related HeadlinesThis page contains the latest notices, public notices, orders, and news releases at a glance.Communications AccessAdvanced Communications ServicesDirect Video Calling (DVC)Hearing Aid CompatibilityNational Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution ProgramReal-Time TextRelay ServicesTechnology TransitionsTelecommunications Services and EquipmentVideo Programming AccessAudio DescriptionClosed CaptioningTelevisionInternetDisplay of Closed Captioning on EquipmentEmergency Information on TelevisionTV and Set-Top Box Controls, Menus, and Program Guides****Emergency AccessAccess to 911Dialing 911 via RelayReal-Time TextText-to-911TTYAccess to 988Emergency Alert SystemEmergency Information on TelevisionWireless Emergency AlertsDisability Related Programs, Projects, and PoliciesAccessibility ClearinghouseAccessibility of FCC ProgramsSection 504 HandbookSection 508 InformationAmerican Sign Language (ASL) Video LibraryCognitive DisabilitiesDirect Video CallingDisabilities - Frequently Asked QuestionsDisability Advisory CommitteeVideo Programming Distributor RegistryCVAA Recordkeeping Compliance Certification and Contact Information (RCCCI) RegistryEmergency Access Advisory Committee *(archived)*FCC Chair's Awards for Advancement in AccessibilityVideo Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee *(archived)*Understanding FCC ProcessesDisability Related Laws Implemented by the FCCTelecommunications for the Disabled Act of 1982Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Title IV – Telecommunications Relay Services)Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990Telecommunications Act of 1996Twenty-First Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2010DRO ManagersSuzy Rosen Singleton, ChiefWill Schell, Deputy ChiefMichael Scott, Deputy Chief

        
        
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