Meet Esraa, currently Egypt’s only deaf dentist. Esraa has one strong goal: to prove to her country and the rest of the world that a deaf person can become a dentist. She has already accomplished her goal repeatedly with every patient who enters her dental office! In Egypt, Esraa was labeled as “unfit” upon discovering […] More
March 31, 2017— Today Google announced the winner of their annual contest, Doodle 4 Google: Sarah Harrison from Connecticut with her drawing “A Peaceful Future.” This year’s theme was “what I see for the future:” ? Let’s hear it for Sarah Harrison, whose vision of “a peaceful future” is our #Doodle4Google contest winner! https://t.co/UGJRsUnrbX pic.twitter.com/WCyVKTEpFp […] More
La Inclusiva is the name of Juan Muñoz’s restaurant in Santiago, Chile where gourmet burgers are served. Muñoz himself was born deaf in both ears and has a degree in gastronomy, however he had challenges finding work in restaurants. He was rejected from 17 restaurants due to the persisting discrimination against people with disabilities in […] More
March 6, 2017-Shirley Childress passed away at the age of 69. Childress is best known for being the first black certified ASL interpreter and as one of the members in the band Sweet Honey in The Rock. Over the course of her career, she interpreted for famous people such as Maya Angelou (writer of I Know […] More
Kevin Hall is confident about his first time in a PGA tour at the Genesis Open in Pacific Palisades, California. When asked why, he says it’s because no matter what happens he’s very happy to have made it this far. Hall became deaf at 2 years old and started learning golf at 9 years old. […] More
February 14, 2017–Purple Communications, one of the original video relay systems for deaf communications, has been acquired by ZVRS. Both companies have agreed to work together to improve relay services for the deaf community and feel that they can achieve more if they shared technology and information together. What does this mean for Purple customers? […] More
Before he became Lal Daggy, Douglas Munyendo was listening and dancing to various musicians who came on the radio and televisions as a child in Nairobi, Kenya. It was when he was five years old that he became very sick and lost his hearing. A childhood of music quickly silenced After becoming deaf, he was […] More
Jackie Chan, the actor, sang in Chinese Sign Language this year on China’s largest broadcasting network, CCTV’s Gala special celebrating the Chinese New Year. The song is nationalistic, Chan sings about his love for China and pride in being a citizen. This was not the only song sung at the gala; there were several famous […] More
This has been quite a year of changes, some good and some bad. We’d like to kick off the New Year with a list of positive things that happened in 2016! For the first time in television history, a deaf celebrity won a dancing show America already loved Nyle DiMarco when he proved his modeling […] More
After several proposals from Deaf educators, parents of deaf children, and advocates in 2015, North Dakota’s Legislature passed the House Bill 1366: Deaf and HOH Children’s Bill of Rights. HB 1366 went into effect this year, requiring all hearing schools to provide accommodations for deaf children who attend their schools. If they cannot do so, […] More
The United States Postal Service announced the new commemoration stamps for 2017, honoring individuals who have done outstanding civil work. One of the honored is the Deaf educator Robert Panara. Panara was born hearing and at the age of 10 he fell ill with meningitis and became deaf. Panara actually considered this to be a […] More
Manila is the capital of the island country, the Philippines and it is a large metropolitan hub–which means heavy traffic in the streets are the norm. Motorists and cars sharing the roads cause congestion, ranking the city in 12th place in the world for the worst traffic (List by Country on Numbeo.) Because of this, […] More
The telecommunications company for the Deaf, Sorenson VRS, has announced the release of its new product: the NTouch VP2. Ntouch VP2 is a major upgrade from the original Ntouch VP, which was quite revolutionary when it was first released. While the Ntouch VP2 will keep the original Sorenson system that makes it easy to use, […] More
