One of the two police officers fatally shot in a tiny Native village in southeast Alaska was a 2003 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf and a former campus security officer. [...] more »

For 23 hearing-impaired Timorese students, having Mr Alvan Yap (picture) volunteer at their school means they can attend class five days a week, instead of only three days a week before he began teaching them in January. It also means that they can learn a standardised sign language, which will help them communicate better with fellow Timorese. [...] more »

A United Parcel Service of America Inc. unit may have unlawfully discriminated against a deaf worker by failing to provide American Sign ... [...] more »

Question of the Week: Last week The Eye reported on Office of Personnel Management workers hoping to learn sign language to communicate with a deaf coworker ... and more » [...] more »

He is deaf and dumb but that is not enough to prevent him from shining in the world of art. Born on August 18 in 1963, Pamuyu Green Mbale, originally from ... [...] more »

Stephanie Boat uses sign language as interchangeably as most bilingual Americans switch spoken languages. A junior at Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technology of the Deaf, and pursuing a BS In American Sign Language & Interpreting, Stephanie lives in dorm with deaf students and interprets as part of her college studies. [...] more »

Lindsey Werner, a former student at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, wants to be a high school math teacher to help kids who struggled with the ... [...] more »

Strobe lights, chalkboards and special culinary sign language have turned an ordinary hotel kitchen into a first-of-its-kind, deaf-friendly facility. ... [...] more »

Their medical certificates say that they are deaf and, officially speaking, they cannot listen to what any one says. The reality, however, is exactly the opposite. [...] more »

Working with a nonprofit that places workers with disabilities ended up being the perfect solution for a New York City cleaning company. [...] more »

A stroll around Harare’s central business district reveals that at several street corners, the deaf and dumb have joined the fray with other vendors, hustling for a dollar. Most of them sell an assortment of merchandise such as mobile phone recharge cards, sweets, wallets, Bibles and cigarettes. In order to have effective business transactions, one is called upon to learn sign language, for this is the only way through which a sale can be transacted. [...] more »

A group of deaf and dumb people who were tired of living from begging have come together to start income generating projects in Harare. ... [...] more »

Greg Reese sends a message to his students that can be read only by the expression on his face and a gesture of his hands: You can be successful, like me. [...] more »

Normally I am a firm believer in "deaf people can do anything except hear," but this story about a deaf man who wants to become a local police officer is ... [...] more »

The four-minute documentary is about the normal life of a deaf teacher. The film, which was also part of an online competition, received enough public votes ... [...] more »