Dec. 18—Joanne Corwin remembers the uncertainty she felt as a new mother. In the late 1980s, her eldest daughter — and first-born child — was identified as deaf, spurring parental anxiety that no ...

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, N.Y. will help deaf students throughout Texas experience the arts and plan for ...

Shedding unwanted pounds can be hard for anyone, but may be especially difficult for Deaf sign language users who experience barriers to mainstream weight loss programs and the social support they ...

As part of a federally-funded program, teachers and students from around the world gathered here at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to ...

Celebrate Selena’s legacy at a free, family-friendly party with music, dancing and shopping at Pearl Park on Wednesday, April 16. Read full article: Celebrate Selena’s legacy at Pearl’s ‘Bidi Bidi ...

Deaf educator Kendra Peitz leads a class for deaf and hard of hearing second-graders at Karen Western Elementary on Thursday morning. Peitz wears a headset that links up with a device on students’ ...

As students in the University’s American Sign Language program enter their classroom, they immediately fall silent. The mode of communication shifts from vocal chords and shaped lips to hand gestures ...

Waterford Township – James Berendzen was encouraged to become a sign language interpreter by his high school teacher. After submerging himself in the deaf community, the Walled Lake resident enrolled ...

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The ...