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Growing up without the ability to use sign language not only presents a huge barrier for a deaf individual to fully communicate, but it can also prevent someone from fully entering the culture, ...

ASL cafe gives the Deaf community a voice and jobs - Non-ASL can place their orders via a microphone, which transcribes their requests onto a display screen ...

When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 29. Where: Corbin Park, 501 W. Park Place. Info: Sponsored by Spokane Public Schools, the event promises “an evening of fun, food and friendship” through games, free food and ...

When Dylan Heuer was 7 months old, he became deaf from meningitis, and he received a cochlear implant when he was 3. Heuer’s parents learned sign language, and when he played Little League baseball, ...

The Indiana University Police Academy has created a sign language and Deaf culture training in direct collaboration with Deaf ASL faculty. The training includes a video of key signs for police ...

Did you know that, according to the World Health Organization, by 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss? This staggering statistic highlights the urgency of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time, recruits of the Indiana University Police Academy will receive formal training and deaf training awareness in American Sign Language. Officer and student, Brennan ...

Students in Sacramento State’s Deaf Studies program now have a dedicated space to practice American Sign Language and collaborate with classmates. Representatives from the ASL Club, right, were among ...

LEADER, KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT FIVE, A SPECIAL SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS IN CENTRAL IOWA STARTED OFF AS A WAY TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE GAME OF BASEBALL. BUT AS I FOUND OUT, THE IOWA BASEBALL CAMP FOR THE DEAF ...

Callie Foster and her husband learned ASL to communicate with their ‘profoundly deaf’ son Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, ...