A cafe in Oregon has emerged as a vital hub for the Deaf community, not only offering a unique social space, but also crucial ...

It’s owned by CymaSpace, a local nonprofit that makes art accessible to the Deaf community. Upon arrival, you are greeted ...

Following last spring’s decision to establish a formal language sequence for American Sign Language (ASL), Princeton has expanded its ASL course offerings, hired an additional ASL professor, and added ...

Troy Kotsur, Justina Miles and Colin Denny perform in American Sign Language and Plains Indian Sign Language at the Super Bowl LVII pregame show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday.

The phrase begins with four fingers cut across the brow, followed by two thumbs drawn up like breath from navel to chest, ending with a fierce tug with two hands down from the chin into fists toward ...

Douglas Ridloff takes the stage ready to share one of his poems: “Symbiosis.” It isn’t a typical piece of slam poetry. Ridloff, who is deaf, is sharing all his work in American Sign Language with a ...

At only 12 years old, Shaylee Mansfield is already breaking new ground with the animated series “Madagascar: A Little Wild.” Despite her youth, it still took her a while to get here. Mansfield was ...

Born to deaf parents in a family where he was the fourth generation born without hearing, Harper College instructor Marcos Aguilar was so immersed in Deaf culture as a child that he thought people who ...

The University’s American Sign Language program will continue next semester with only one regular instructor, and the first-level ASL class will not be offered as a result. “One of the ASL instructors ...

A proposal is underway to bring New Hanover County a charter school integrating both deaf and hard-of-hearing students with ...

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Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...