We know that diabetes can seriously impact vision, but studies show that loss of hearing is more than twice as likely to occur in people with diabetes as well. This article in Diathrive will explain the possible relationship between diabetes and hearing loss. Here are some signs that you or a...
WHAT LSH WANTS YOU TO KNOW: A deaf woman has won a claim against the UK government after a judge found a lack of sign language at two Covid briefings “served to disempower, to frustrate and to marginalize,” BBC News reports. Katie Rowley started court action after the sessions went ahead without...
This year has forced big changes in schools, Deaf advocate Mike Hobday writes in The Guardian, but too often there is little to no consideration of deaf students’ needs. “This time it’s banning mobile phones in schools,” he writes. (Education secretary wants ban on mobile phones in English...
Gemina Rose says her daughter has been counting down the days until they move into their new home, Canada’s Global News reports. The home will feature special modifications for her daughter Jancis, who is deaf. Gemina, a single mother and health care aide, was lending a hand in the Habitat...
Becca Meyers, a swimmer who was seen as a favorite to bring gold home from Tokyo, has canceled plans for the Paralympics after being told she can’t bring a personal care assistant to Japan, National Public Radio reports. Meyers is deaf and blind, but U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee...
Father Min Seo Park, one of fewer than two dozen deaf priests worldwide, thinks deafness is hardly a disability, the Catholic Herald reports. He is working to help others realize that as well. As the new chaplain of St. Francis of Assisi Deaf Catholic Church in Landover Hills, Md., Father Park is...
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