Amid all the drama that 2020 has brought us, I wanted to pause for a moment and remember two of our own. Earlier this year we lost PDG Bill Walters, and just this month our former president, Hall Stearns, passed away. For many of us, the loss is personal: both Hal and Bill were wonderful human...
“Let’s Get to Work” initiative launched last week. The “Let’s Get to Work” initiative is being launched this week by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, KOLD News 13 reports. The goal is to encourage employers in Arizona to interview, hire and promote...
Monthly injections can stop the progress of dry age-relation macular degeneration, the UK’s Sunday Express reports. The treatment stops the body’s own immune system from attacking healthy eye cells. Experts said the breakthrough signaled a new era for patients suffering from dry...
Hawkeye has long been portrayed as deaf in comics, but not in movies. Marvel superhero Hawkeye has a history of being deaf and hard of hearing, as well as using hearing aids, yet that’s never been represented on screen, Polygon reports. But many fans wonder why Marvel Studios hasn’t brought that...
Over the past 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community. “For young people who have grown up with the ADA, the results of this landmark legislation are part of everyday life – sometimes in ways they may not even realize,” says Gerard Buckley, President of the National...
It counts for 10% of the score on high school entrance exams. Parents of students in a city in North China are angry that their children’s eyesight will account for almost 10 percent of their score on senior high school entrance exams beginning in 2022, Global Times reports. They say the...
Text appears on smartphone in real time. Scientists have developed a glove that translates sign language into speech in real time, CNN reports, potentially allowing deaf people to communicate directly with anyone, without the need for an interpreter. The wearable device contains sensors that run...
‘The Last of Us Part II’ brings blind gamer to tears. The video game ‘The Last of Us Part II’ breaks new ground with features for disabled players, USA Today reports. It’s part of an ongoing process as video game consoles have evolved. ‘Gears 5,’ an Xbox...
PLAYground is making summer camp more accessible during the pandemic. A group from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis is transforming summer camp for deaf students, KARE TV reports. They are working with the PLAYground, an 8-week virtual camp for kids in Kindergarten through 8th grade....
Computer vision syndrome is a real thing. Now that so many people are spending even more time in front of screens, the Vision Council is becoming concerned about an epidemic of eye strain. “With an increase in digital technology,” the council warns on its website, “many...
“I want to make my customers happy in these hard times.” Asli Knowles, who works in a supermarket in Vero Beach, Florida, was finding it hard to communicate with deaf customers she started having to wear a face mask, KSAT TV reports. Knowles said it was almost impossible to communicate...
Products are contaminated with methanol. The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and health care providers about a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products that have tested positive for methanol contamination. Methanol, or wood alcohol, can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or...
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