In a bid to make future technologies more accessible to individuals with disabilities the FCC has proposed new rules that would implement additional elements of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.

The advancement in technology in the late 20th and early 21st century has dramatically influenced the way that many of us live, but some people are being left behind. People with hearing loss and other disabilities have not received all of the benefits of modern technology, according to San Jose Mercury News Columnist Troy Wolverton.

Despite the recent increase in broadband adoption rates, a new study has found that significant "adoption gaps" still exist -- leaving African American and Latino populations behind at a rate greater than the national average.

In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Communications Workers of America urged the FCC to move ahead on the key tenets of the National Broadband Plan.

On Thursday, President Obama signed The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (S.3304) into law, updating existing disability legislation to accommodate the Internet and new technologies.

The Senate unanimously passed S. 3304, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act on September 23. The legislation updates the 1996 Telecommunications Act and brings disability accessibility mandates into the 21st century.

We have just released the 2010 edition of the Benefits of Broadband--a compilation of fact sheets that details the benefits of affordable, high-speed Internet for all Americans.

The Senate unanimously passed legislation to improve access to the Internet and other digital technologies for disabled Americans on August 5.

Chairman Julius Genachowski touted the FCC's work implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and pointed to the commission's current efforts to tear down barriers to digital accessibility, at an event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the historic legislation.

The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation that would require electronics companies to make their products more accessible to the hearing and vision impaired, extending the promise of cutting-edge technologies to millions of disabled Americans.