Vermonters who are deaf or hard of hearing should have an easier time at their local Department of Motor Vehicles office after the state’s purchase of 11 new communications devices, the Eagle Times reports. The devices have two small keyboards and a double-sided screen, allowing users to type...
NBC is developing Look At Me, a drama series inspired by the life of deaf model, actor and activist Nyle DiMarco, Vulture reports. Written by Tom Donnelly and Josh Oppenheimer (Conan the Barbarian), Look At Me is an ensemble drama about a multi-generational deaf family and their hearing...
The breakout hit of this year’s Sundance Film Festival will expand the conversation about diversity in Hollywood, the Houston Chronicle reports. “CODA,” which stands for “Child of Deaf Adults,” depicts the life of a mostly deaf family that communicates through sign language. It’s remake of...
Ever since the National Association of the Deaf asked him last month to perform the national anthem in American Sign Language at Sunday’s Super Bowl pregame, Warren ‘Wawa’ Snipe, who is deaf, began studying the lyrics and translating them to ASL, The Washington Post reports. “I would...
Ford Motor Company has received patent-pending approval for a new, clear respirator mask, CNN reports. The company announced it expects the mask to work just as well as an N95. “One of the things that’s missing during the pandemic is the power of a smile,” said Jim Baumbick, a...
Fire Captain Andrea Hall is President of the International Association of Firefighters Local 3920 and the first African American woman to serve as fire captain of her county in Georgia. When she was selected to deliver the Pledge of Allegiance at the inauguration, she decided to do it in American...
Many deaf and hard-of-hearing people have welcomed the increased visibility that deafness and hearing loss have enjoyed on TV lately, The New York Times reports. In the current season of “The Bachelor,” on ABC, Abigail Heringer is believed to be the first deaf contestant and cochlear-implant...
Patty Sakal, an American Sign Language interpreter who translated updates about the coronavirus for deaf Hawaiians, died on Friday of complications from Covid-19, The New York Times reports. She was 62. Ms. Sakal worked as an A.S.L. interpreter for nearly four decades in a variety of settings, and...
The documentary “Signing Black in America” describes how a distinctive black signing system, or Black ASL, has evolved, The Washington Post reports. The film describes the historic isolation of members of the black deaf community and their contemporary sense of solidarity. The signs are often...
Hearing actor Henry Zaga plays deaf character in CBS show. Members of Hollywood’s deaf community are boycotting CBS’s new mini-series. More than 70 people have signed a letter saying it was not acceptable that the CBS All Access series The Stand cast hearing actor Henry Zaga as deaf...
A composer with hearing loss thinks so. Gabriela Lena Frank, a composer and pianist and the founder of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, was born with high-moderate/near-profound hearing loss. In an interview with Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim in The New York Times, she described...
“It’s the best feeling ever.” The Texas School for the Deaf is celebrating a historic win by their football team, Fox 7 Austin reports. The team took home its first state title Friday night after winning 63-32 against Veritas Academy of Austin. “I’d have to say, it’s the best feeling ever....
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