Jeanell English, VP of Impact and Operations for The Academy, on how consultants, stage design and accessibility tools helped make this year's Oscars more inclusive.
“We’re not going to get everything right. We know that, but we ask, how can we continue to improve? Let’s keep pushing the boundaries and challenging and trying to create more access where we can,” English said of the Academy’s approach to accessibility and disability inclusion. “We’re proud of what we’ve done, but it’s not nearly enough and we are committed to continuing to do as much as we can in this journey.
How do the Oscars think about accessibility and what are some of the questions the Academy raises around it when it’s planning the show’s in-person and telecast elements? Absolutely. What’s unique, especially when we’re talking about disability and accessibility, is the stat that in the U.S., one in four individuals are living with a disability in some capacity. So when you create an environment where you encourage people to share their lived experience, to talk about what it is they need and what could improve, you get an incredible wealth of information.
Not anything differently. ABC does provide a captioned version of the show for viewers at home and that’s been standard and it’s consistent for anyone accessing online on abc.com. That is something ABC has really done and delivered. One of the things that we also introduced last year was audio description. We got a lot of really great feedback by introducing that as an incredible tool and we’re continuing to offer it for the show this year.
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