Deaf Olympic hopeful uses social media to fight discrimination
Marcus Titus, top U.S. breaststroker, rallied for change and got it. USA Swimming will allow the use of hand signals to accomodate Deaf swimmers at the summer Olympic trials.
Deaf children four times more likely to be mistreated at school and have mental health issues
Researchers found that deaf children who cannot make themselves understood
The Lancet:The health of deaf people: communication breakdown
Andrew Alexander discusses how deaf people are often alienated from accessing the UK health-care system and what needs to be done to change this.
Deaf education bill is ailing
The bill may have sailed through a key legislative panel,
D-PAN Music Video Waiting on the World to Change
Waiting on the world to change.
D-PAN ASL Music Video “We’re Going To Be Friends” by the White Stripes
White Stripes "We're Going To Be Friends" ASL video we love by D-PAN.
RIT Offers National Writing and Arts Competitions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
Deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students are encouraged to enter
UNH Institute on Disability
The Institute on Disability/UCED (IOD) at the University of New
Office for Civil Rights
The mission of the Office for Civil Rights is to
Classroom Simulation of Student Who Is Deaf or Hard of Hearing
An amazing simulation of what speech sounds like for hearing impaired student by the Vermont Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. You will be shocked! This simulation allows you to experience the challenges a hearing impaired student faces in the classroom, with and without a personal FM sytem. We had no idea it was this hard for hearing impaired students to hear what's being said in a typical classroom environment.
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
The NAD is the nation's premier civil rights organization of,