"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 »

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 »

The 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED 2010) will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., from July 18 to 22, 2010. [...] more »

Some preteens drive their parents nuts when they talk on the phone every night. But Elena Perlin of Stoughton can’t get enough of hearing her 12-year-old chatter away. Ten years ago, she wasn’t sure if her daughter Julia would ever speak. A month shy of her second birthday, doctors diagnosed Julia as profoundly deaf. [...] more »

Parents of hard-of-hearing and deaf children face many challenges. And since 90 percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents and families, opportunities to meet other kids like them and become acquainted with successful deaf role models are rare. Now, a new club for deaf and hard-of-hearing children in Naples will give them that chance regularly. [...] more »

Charity wants action to help close attainment gap for deaf children WalesOnline The Assembly Government said it was committing to providing quality education for deaf children. Jayne Dulson, director of NDCS Cymru, said: “Deafness is ... Help for families whose child has recently been identified as deafWirral Globe all 2 news articles » [...] more »

“There are no barriers for deaf children - they can achieve,” said Miss Barrett through Auslan (Australian Sign Language) interpreter Bernie Chapman. ... [...] more »

"Throughout the weekend, families will also meet deaf adults who share their very own unique insight into deafness and what it is like being a deaf child in ... [...] more »

Professionally, we refer to individuals like this as “low-functioning deaf.” Some low-functioning deaf individuals have other disabilities. However, without having learned how to communicate, deaf individuals who might normally succeed in life are at high risk to become low functioning. Is there anything that we can do? I believe so, and the foundation begins with language acquisition. William Stokoe, who pioneered the linguistic studies of American Sign Language once said, “Language isn’t mouth stuff, it’s brain stuff.” [...] more »

This is an interesting commentary on the need for deaf children to be bilingual. The video is presented in ASL, so I've included the transcript below: Hi! [...] more »

Deaf and hard of hearing parents and people with deaf children are being asked to have their say on what services they ... [...] more »

The training, which was offered twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays, was conducted at Lea Mcd Educational Services for the Deaf of Ethiopia, a school for children with hearing disability located around La Gare, in collaboration with the school's ... [...] more »

Ich habe ein englisches Lieblingswort. Es heißt “Patronising” und bedeutet so viel wie “bevormundend” oder “herablassend”. Es wird hier sehr oft benutzt, denn “Patronising” ist verpönt. [...] more »

Educating Deaf Children is a new resource for parents and educators of deaf children to find answers for questions they may have, and to learn about upcoming events of interest. It was created by the Center for Education Research Partnerships at ... [...] more »

A ROLE model for hearing-impaired people visited a Birmingham special school to inspire deaf children to follow their dreams. Kellie Moody, a former Miss Deaf UK and semi-finalist on BBC Three's Britain's Missing Top Model show, was at Braidwood School ... [...] more »