The Ministry of Equality’s Supported needs and Disability Office (SNDO) commemorated International Day of Persons with Disabilities by hosting Gibraltar’s first disability conference at the Sunborn ...

Although Snopes could not locate footage of the full news conference, we found no evidence that a video clip of Schumer's remarks was edited. During the same event, Schumer spoke in greater detail ...

Advocates argue that removing ASL interpreters denies deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans the ability to fully participate in civic life. Federal disability law requires reasonable accommodations to ...

The criminal justice system impacts many Deaf people in so many ways, says Dr. Erin J. Farley, Associate Professor in Government. She assembled a panel of Gallaudet faculty experts to deliver a ...

A federal judge ordered the White House Tuesday to immediately provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at all press briefings conducted by President Trump or press secretary Karoline ...

March 30th, 1987—21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film history. Her Best Actress Oscar for the role of ...

In early August, Cindi Martin gave a talk at a national conference in downtown Minneapolis. Hosted by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, the conference is one of the largest convenings for ...

Grade-school age Maya talks with interpreter Angela Blackdeer at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Wacipi, an annual powwow held near Prior Lake on Aug. 16.

Three local Latino service organizations are teaming up for the first time to support food programs that offer culturally relevant items many families need. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson ...

USA (MNN) — A new documentary spotlights a pivotal moment in US Deaf history. “Deaf President Now!” recounts a week of protests held in 1988 at Gallaudet University, the world’s only four-year liberal ...

It’s music to our ears. Approximately 11 million people in the US consider themselves deaf or severely hard of hearing. No medications have been approved to treat hereditary hearing loss, but cochlear ...

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