Jack and Rosalyn Gannon are seen recently at their home near New Market. The Gannons grew up deaf in rural areas and graduated from state schools for the deaf — she in North Carolina, and he in southern Missouri — and longed for a taste of the country. [...] more »

Matlin was 12 when Henry Winkler, "the Fonz" from the highly successful TV show "Happy Days," walked backstage after her performance at her community theater. He was so blown away by her talent that he wanted to encourage her to keep following her passion for acting. You see, they had something else in common besides their love of theater. Matlin is profoundly deaf, and Winkler struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia for 31 years. Not to be pitied or called stupid, they both overcame their obstacles. But Winkler's mentoring in Matlin's early years meant all the difference. [...] more »

Brevard County's teacher of the year, Christina Donohue, walks through an assembly Friday morning at Atlantis Elementary in Port St. John. The students gathered in her honor in the school's courtyard. Atlantis serves deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and Donohue, like many of her students, struggles with a hearing impairment. [...] more »

"Even at preschool, it's really cool to have a sense of your deafness and identify with a successful deaf person," said teacher Lisa Ring. ... [...] more »

CSD, the nation’s largest deaf and hard of hearing service organization, will send $10,000 to two separate Haiti entities to assist them in serving their deaf, hard of hearing and other disabled population after Haiti’s recent national disaster. [...] more »

It's where deaf performers go to be heard. An open mic night for the hearing-impaired in Bay Ridge has been drawing standing-room-only crowds that come to see deaf comedians and poets, plus musicians who sing with sign interpreters. [...] more »

Former Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum will be the speaker for Goodwill Industries' 119th annual dinner April 15 in South Sioux City. Whitestone McCallum, who is deaf, became the first disabled person to win the Miss America Pageant when she won the crown in 1995. [...] more »

SANCHAR, a West Bengal based NGO along with its Odisha partners, AAINA, ADHAR, CARD, EKTA, ISERD, LIPICA, SNDAYP and SADHANA organized a Resource Persons Meet at VRCH on February 26, 2010 for their project on Rights of Deaf Children and their families in India. This project is an initiative with Deaf Child Worldwide, UK and spans 4 states of Assam, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. It seeks to facilitate the development of parent led advisory network comprised of key stakeholders including parents of deaf children, young deaf adults, other persons with disabilities, professionals working with deaf children, NGOs, disability rights activists and [...] more »

I’ve learnt that there are emergency text numbers for deaf people in a number of countries but in these arrangements, the number differs from the national emergency number, whereas the new service in NZ is to use the national emergency number. [...] more »

When she was 18 months old, Taiba Dawlat lost most of her hearing when a Taliban-fired rocket exploded on her neighbor’s home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her father was killed shortly after in another rocket attack launched by the Taliban. When she was 4, Taiba moved to Pakistan with her mother and older brother. Virtually deaf, she could barely talk. [...] more »

A Labrador from Kent that alerts his deaf owner to household sounds such as the doorbell, telephone and smoke alarm, has been named Hearing Dog of the Month for March by the charity that trained him. [...] more »

Zain Bahrain has once again proved its commitment to people with special needs by joining forces with the Bahrain Deaf Society and training a member of the ... and more » [...] more »

“For me as a deaf woman and professor at UB, it is important to open access for deaf women and men in the community,” Glenn-Smith said. She explains how it is very common in the deaf community, both locally and nationwide, for gaps to exist with regards to sex education. [...] more »

Cody Francisco (left), who is profoundly deaf, and Kaye Hughes, who is severely hard of hearing, discuss the challenges that they face on a daily basis. ... [...] more »

The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has demanded better protection for deaf children after research suggested they are being failed by social care services. Deaf children are more than three times as likely to suffer abuse as hearing children and two in five (40%) will experience mental health problems. Yet a survey for NDCS found three out of five authorities providing social care did not regard a deaf child as a "child in need", although the Children Act 1989 includes them in that definition. [...] more »