The FCC handed out its annual awards for making communications technology accessible to disabled Americans.

The costs of fraud, waste and abuse in the FCC-funded video relay service for the deaf are being passed on to the workers. CWA is fighting back.

Judge: suit to force Netflix to provide closed captioning must go forward. And we in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community are pleased.

Mobile technology has greatly benefited the disabled, but to improve it needs more spectrum.

New advances in digital technology are helping to mainstream disabled students.

Video closed captioning came closer to reality as the FCC moves the 2010 rules along.

Thirteen software apps won $100,000 from the Apps for Communities Challenge, sponsored by the FCC and the Knight Foundation.

Four House Democrats asked the FCC to use the Universal Service Fund to improve Internet access in the country's schools, libraries and health clinics.

The FCC began implementing "the most significant accessibility legislation since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990."

By a 4-0 vote, FCC Commissioners have ordered broadcasters and cable operators to provide "new video description regimes," which includes closed captioning, within nine months. The new ruling will make it possible for the approximately 28 million Americans with hearing deficits to enjoy the same closed captioning now required for TV broadcast.