During pandemic, information is crucial. Sign-language interpreters have pretty much been absent at White House news briefings. That absence has led the National Association of the Deaf — the nation’s largest deaf advocacy group — to write to the White House officials asking for “immediate...
American living in Italy says Covid-19 made her deaf in one ear. An American woman who contracted Covid-19 in Italy says the virus made her go deaf, the Daily Mail reports. She also lost her sense of taste and smell. Julia Buscaglia, 20, told how she experienced different symptoms to a fever and a...
If you’re like me and my family, you’re doing your best to abide by the rules to minimize the risk of Covid-19. But we all need to eat — right? Sooner or later, someone in your household is probably going to have to venture out to the grocery store. How to do this as safely as...
“My confidence has grown so much through riding.” With appropriate accommodations, and the fact that riding is a solo sport by nature, deaf riders can thrive in the equestrian world, The Plaid Horse reports. Equestrian sport doesn’t exclude riders with hearing impairment. They are permitted...
National Association for the Deaf sends a letter to the White House. Members of the deaf and hearing-impaired community have sent requests to the White House for an ASL interpreter when he’s at the podium discussing the COVID-19 pandemic, TMZ reports. The National Association of the Deaf has...
Affordability of care is a big factor. The number of U.S. adults at high risk for blindness has grown over a 15-year period, Reuters Health reports. The number of those who say they cannot afford eyeglasses has also grown, according to a new study. Between 2002 and 2017, the number of people at...
The country lags behind in services for the deaf. Germany is not doing well when it comes to accessible information and medical services for the deaf, Deutsche Welle reports. Some activists now fear this lapse could be deadly as coronavirus spreads through Europe. Deaf people have not had...
Coronavirus forces children to spend more time in front of screens. With schools closed during the novel coronavirus outbreak, parents worry that the long exposure to electronic devices will harm their children’s eyesight, China Daily reports. Xie Wen, mother of a 6th-grade student in...
He especially loves kids with autism or Downs Syndrome. A blind and deaf dog doesn’t let his disabilities stop him from serving others who are disabled in South Texas, KSAT TV reports. Braille is an active 11-year-old therapy K9 with Delta Pet Partners San Antonio. Kelly Kenney, his owner,...
New tool allows developers to see how their sites look with different visual deficiencies. Google’s Chrome browser has launched a new tool to help developers tune their websites for different visual deficiencies such as color blindness and blurred vision, The Next Web reports. Mathias Bynes, a...
British girl describes trying to navigate high school while deaf. A 15-year-old girl who completely lost her hearing while at school has spoken of her experience, BBC News reorts. Ella started losing her hearing in 2016 and it rapidly got worse, affecting her studies. “It was hell walking...
Chris Haulmark would be the first deaf legislator in U.S. history. The candidate running for the 15th District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives will be the first deaf legislator at the state or federal level in U.S. history, the Kansas City Star reports. Chris Haulmark’s top...
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