Come on, this is a four-year-old deaf child! Another interpreting story in the news is that in Minnesota, a hospital settled a lawsuit over interpreters not ... [...] more »

SIGN language translations will soon be provided in a number of major programmes being broadcast by Bahrain Television...."It is unfair to leave out the deaf from their basic right to know what's going around them - events, festivities and news." The council introduced sign ... [...] more »

Hearing-impaired inmates in Virginia are suing over alleged discrimination. A lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria alleges state officials are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by limiting access to sign language interpreters. [...] more »

As the world responds to the Haitian earthquakes, the Deaf Welcome Foundation (DWF), already serving the multiracial American Deaf population, is inviting relief workers, survivors and families to join their NEW Deaf Welcome Network for communication and association over the Internet, with certified multilingual interpreters, whenever it is ... [...] more »

Stations allow deaf and hard of hearing individuals to access American Sign Language interpreters on the go. [...] more »

MANAMA — Bahrain has recruited specialists to deal with hearing-impaired individuals at courts. The Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa told the upper house on Monday that the service comes to prevent injustice to this group because of lack of communication. [...] more »

James Billinger is sitting in the front row every day, but he isn’t listening to the professor. The world around James is silent because he’s deaf, but he’s anything but quiet. The agriculture education junior and Collegiate FFA member leads an active social life. For James, deaf is not a mindset. [...] more »

The nation's physicians must concern themselves not only with their patients' health, but also with their patients' "language access." Qualified interpreters must be provided for patients who are deaf/hard of hearing and for those who do not speak English. That's the point of a new YouTube video produced by the Health and Human Services Department and The Joint Commission, an independent group that sets health care standards. [...] more »

As President Barack Obama takes the stage to deliver the keynote speech, members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities will be able to follow along, ... and more » [...] more »

Director General, Charles Mwape says interpreters have abused the language and are making profit out of it at the expense of the deaf. ... [...] more »

In my first year of college at Murray State University, the college offered a free sign language class. I took it then, and took it again the next year. I even stayed with a deaf couple one year. In my junior year, I took a Russian class and decided to minor in it. Before I graduated from Murray State, I had taken college courses in Latin, Japanese and, finally, Spanish. The year after I graduated, I was working at a newspaper in Cadiz, Ky., which is about the size of Linden. I got a phone call from someone who asked if I would be willing to interpret for the national bass tournament for the Deaf at our famous Land Between the Lakes recreation area. That was great! I did that for two years in a row. I also interpreted for a student at MSU for three semesters, since I was the only person on the campus who knew sign language. [...] more »

Parliamentary Tours are usually held each summer, or organised by a constituent's MP, so visitors can see the Commons and Lords debating chambers, the Queen's Robing Room, etc. A question was recently asked in parliament about access: Jacqui Smith... [...] more »

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's been 14 years since a former Graniteville resident's family filed a lawsuit against Staten Island University Hospital for failing for almost two weeks to get a sign-language interpreter for Robert A. Loeffler, a deaf patient undergoing heart surgery. [...] more »

Megan Jack hoists a hefty black backpack over her petite frame and carries it like a pro. The first-year University of Manitoba medical student is like most other aspiring doctors. She lugs textbooks around. She survives marathon study sessions. And she attends classes all day. [...] more »

Eastern Cape police are still trying to find someone to communicate with a mute and deaf murder suspect. The man allegedly hacked his mother and her four grandchildren to death with an axe. Police have not been able to converse with the man for over a week now. “At this stage we do not have someone who can translate what we are saying,” said the police’s Mzukisi Fatyela. [...] more »