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 »

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 »

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"When I saw she was deaf and a pilot, I said, 'How can this be?' " Johnsson recently presented a paper on Willhite, who was born Nov. ... [...] more »

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will chair a hearing next week on legislation that would require technology companies, phone manufacturers and Web vendors to adapt their products for deaf or blind customers. [...] more »

Aristotle claimed that “those born deaf become senseless and incapable of reason” and there has been little progress since. “Deaf and Dumb” is still ... [...] more »

US Senator Mark Pryor today unveiled legislation to improve access to the Internet and other technologies for blind and deaf individuals. [...] more »

A deaf woman in Missouri who wanted to sell books on eBay has sued the online auction site for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring sellers to use a telephone to verify their identities. [...] more »

"Why couldn't a blind or deaf actor play the role?" critics asked. Wasn't a chance at adding new depth to the play being lost? [...] more »

The Dutch government wants to make it easier for people with physical disabilities to use the telephone. Deputy Economic Affairs Minister Frank Heemskerk has announced that proposed changes to the Telecom Act will go into effect within the next six months. [...] more »

The Google engineer, who has been deaf since childhood, loved the Web because he could e-mail and chat without the aid of a sign language translator. ... and more » [...] more »

Last October, the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for blind and deaf actors, among others, opposed a decision by the producers to not audition actresses for the role of Helen who shared her disabilities. [...] more »

The demonstration was led by the National Association for the Deaf. It pointed out that as a signatory to the UN Convention on Rights of People with ... and more » [...] more »

First, the producers of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (based on a novel by Carson McCullers) gave the pivotal role of John Singer, a deaf man, to Henry Stam a hearing actor who had previously played the part in Atlanta. Two weeks later, Abigail Breslin, who can both see and hear, was cast as Helen Keller in a revival of The Miracle Worker. "A hearing actor playing a deaf character is tantamount to putting a white actor in blackface," said Linda Bove, a deaf actress and board member of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for minority, disabled and deaf artists, told The New York Times. [...] more »

At present, the Motor Vehicles Act prohibits the deaf from obtaining a driver's licence on the ground that they could be a source of danger to the public. ... [...] more »