More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

FCC mandates broader language support in emergency alerts, including American Sign Language and 13 other languages.

KASAMA, Zambia — Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings, and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. After six ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Last month, I contributed an op-ed piece to MIT Technology Review wherein ...

Big Ocean, a boy band whose members are deaf or hard of hearing, has found success with a mix of singing and signing. By Ephrat Livni Like other K-pop sensations, Big Ocean sings, raps, dances and ...