Dec. 18—Joanne Corwin remembers the uncertainty she felt as a new mother. In the late 1980s, her eldest daughter — and first-born child — was identified as deaf, spurring parental anxiety that no ...

As part of a federally-funded program, teachers and students from around the world gathered here at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to ...

Shedding unwanted pounds can be hard for anyone, but may be especially difficult for Deaf sign language users who experience barriers to mainstream weight loss programs and the social support they ...

This article was originally published in Mirror Indy. The halls of Vincennes University’s campus on the north side may sound silent to people who can hear. That’s intentional. Students who want to ...

As students in the University’s American Sign Language program enter their classroom, they immediately fall silent. The mode of communication shifts from vocal chords and shaped lips to hand gestures ...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to Rochester Institute of Technology that is expected to provide $1.025 million in funding over five years to develop a ...

The following is the second article in the six-part series Deaf in Utah. The next article will run on Feb. 9. Michael Ballard’s students can have a bit of culture shock when they first enter his deaf ...

As Multnomah County prepares for another round of belt tightening, multiple after-school programs are on the chopping block, including one site that serves some students who are deaf and hard of ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District is poised to vote on a controversial proposal that could reshape education for thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, a key battle in a long national ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Joanne Corwin remembers the uncertainty she felt as a new mother. In the late 1980s, her eldest daughter — and ...