"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 »

PLYmedia , a pioneer in enhancing online video, has been selected by the Federal Communication Commission to present on a select panel of industry experts, a solution for providing equal access to online video content to the hearing impaired. [...] more »

Deaf children and those who are hard of hearing do not have equal access to health care or learning support across Ontario, says a new coalition of more than 150 parents, students and professionals who will descend Monday on Queen's Park to push for province-wide standards in services. [...] more »

The First National Bank of Botswana (FNB) said it has produced a 15 paged Banking Sign Language Booklet aimed at improving the communication. [...] more »

However, my meeting with special educator Lee Tur Chung, 35, who happens to be deaf, went smoothly and I even learnt a thing or two. ... [...] more »

Farkas is one of the handful of deaf pilots who came to Manitowoc for the annual fly-in of the Deaf Pilots Association. [...] more »

A man who wears hearing aids is taking it upon himself to make sure learning to drive is not a problem for deaf people. [...] more »

Lawyers for about 1000 deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers today announced a proposed settlement of a long-running discrimination lawsuit filed against United Parcel Service Inc. in federal court in San Francisco. The settlement of the suit initiated in ... [...] more »

The Government has planned to grant driving licences to deaf people since it is not an impediment to enjoy the right of driving. At present several other countries in the world have allowed people with hearing impairment to drive, said Transport ... [...] more »