This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Keep BBC red button text: scrapping it is discrimination against deaf & disabled
Red button text has NO alternatives.
Disabled people weren't consulted & are discriminated against.BBC is totally unaware how many people totally rely on red button text
People affected- all without internet,hard of hearing,deaf,hyperacusis/autism, with cognitive problems or finding TV too fast
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Equality law (the new Disability Discrimination Act) requires public services & institutions to be accessible to all.It is clearly being broken.With the service gone there are no alternatives via TV screens, which have larger text, no flicker & darker colors than computers, and yet we disabled people must pay the license fee. More people use red button text than the sign language programs,which aren't at risk.The BBC can easily afford to keep the service by reducing pay to major stars.
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