The characters are all deaf or nearly deaf. The movie is just one of more than 30 that will be shown during the First Hong Kong International Deaf Film ... [...] more »

Finding movie listings these days is a relatively simple process, with multiple outlets publishing show times on the Web and via mobile applications. But if you're deaf, hard of hearing or visually impaired it can be tough to find an accessible theater. Chris Sano and Brendan Gramer are on a mission to change that with Captionfish, an online directory which shows movie times for local theaters that include captioning, subtitles and descriptive audio. [...] more »

Deaf people are still underprovided for by media, he said, but new technology, including user-generated apps, is facilitating the development of content for ... [...] more »

Kigali: Government broadcaster ORINFOR said Wednesday that it will start next week telecasting the daily evening news to concurrently target the deaf as ... [...] more »

Blind and deaf consumers, who have fought to make home phones and television more accessible, say they are now being left behind on the Web and many mobile devices. [...] more »

FOUR Weddings And A Funeral actor David Bower is to star in a film tackling the issue of deafness. The Wrexham-born actor, right, best known for his role as ... [...] more »

The deaf and hearing-impaired will get potentially life-saving advice from a DVD on emergency planning launched today, Civil Defence Minister John Carter ... [...] more »

Home video showing security guards for a Hollywood store in a scuffle with two men who appear to be deaf has become the talk of the Internet. [...] more »

It’s a patronizing attitude to a summer camp that mixes deaf and hearing kids to help foster communication, but it’s pretty much what happens. Nina glumly attends, meets a deaf orphan named Kiko who is also a dancer, and gradually sheds her angry, scrappy ways. [...] more »

Blogger Shannon Rosa handed an iPad won in a raffle to her 9-year old autistic son and was amazed to watch him interact with the device with little training. He immediately became one with the iPad and spent lots of time with educational programs — spelling, counting and other learning tools. [...] more »

Danny the Dragon “Meets Jimmy” is a wonderful new iPad app for kids! Written by Tina Turbin and illustrated by Aija Jasuna, Danny the Dragon “Meets Jimmy” is a charming story with cute illustrations and an added bonus, it includes a sign-language interpretation for deaf children. This groundbreaking new app is the first of its kind and takes children’s story apps to a whole new level. [...] more »

In advance of next year's 150-year anniversary celebration at the Kansas School for the Deaf, Olathe's Deaf Cultural Center is busy filming “signed” oral ... [...] more »

Angola native Michael Barreca portrays deaf baseball legend William “Dummy” Hoy in the film “Signs of the Time,” which will be shown tonight (Thursday, Aug. 5) at the New Angola Theatre. [...] more »

Last July 26, 2010, as the whole country prepared to witness history unfold as President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address, educators and veteran interpreters from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), MCCID Institute of Technology, Philippine Deaf Resource Center, and the Philippine School for the Deaf together with Deaf leaders of the Philippine Federation for the Deaf (PFD) were making history as well by working together to make the first inset-interpreting of the SONA possible. [...] more »

Addressing the launch of his unique show, Wann states, “My goal is to offer the deaf community insight and connection to the hearing world in all media ... [...] more »