In my desperation, I decided to set up a website--bf4life-hearing--which would serve as a social community for teens and tweens, who are deaf/hard of ... [...] 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 »

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 »

It seems more cochlear implant speech processors are getting stolen from kids these days. In the latest case, a kid left the implant in a sneaker while going swimming. After the theft, the Cochlear company replaced the stolen implant. [...] more »

She has one of the principal roles in the show. Amber is learning lines, and she's learning signs. Through her interpreter, she tells me about the challenge of this particular theater. "I would say the biggest challenge is timing and eye-contact," she says. Amber is deaf. And so are a few others in this unique production the combines the talents of both hearing and non-hearing kids. The SummerStage production of "Annie Junior" plays through Sunday at the Seattle Musical Theater's main stage in Magnuson Park. [...] more »

Glasgow Life and the Glasgow Deaf Golf Club have teamed up to provide golf tuition to deaf children from the city. The drive was launched at Ruchill Golf ... [...] more »

Comic superhero Echo fights stereotypes of deaf people The Guardian (blog) But, he added, "For some deaf kids, having deafness as the central theme is inspiring." On her influential blog Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature, ... [...] more »

"They have the opportunity to learn about deaf culture, use of technical devices in a "hearing" world and acquire basic knowledge of American Sign Language. ... [...] more »

“Through Sophie's Eyes” is a story about a deaf girl who wants to take dancing lessons with hearing children. Initially, the girls in Sophie's class are not ... [...] more »

On June 28, the opening ceremony of the Project for the Rehabilitation of the Kindergarten for Deaf Children in Tbilisi, which has been ... [...] more »

EVERY school in Wales will this week receive a special poster created by deaf children to raise awareness of the classroom difficulties they face. ... [...] more »

A book about a large monkey called Olli who uses British Sign Language to teach children about nature was launched at Twycross Zoo on Monday. A group of 28 pupils, parents and teachers from Church Hill School in Thurmaston, Leicester, attended the launch event of Learn to Sign About Nature With Olli, as part of Deaf Awareness Week (June 28 to July 4). [...] more »

A deaf Hawaiian teenager has won the title of "Miss Hawaii Outstanding Teen," and now she is going to go on to compete for "Miss America's Outstanding Teen. [...] more »

Dubbed the “Deaf American,” Cooney has introduced sign language to more than 1 million hearing children, and this week added 72 more to the list, after working with children during Thursday’s Keller Kids program and then again Saturday when the students performed the song, “Miracle of Love” on the main stage at Spring Park. The song, penned by Lenny LeBlanc and Ava Aldridge in the mid-1990s, has become a festival anthem of sorts. [...] more »

Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf has announced the winners of the annual national Digital Arts, Film and Animation Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. [...] more »