If you're meeting a deaf person for the first time, you might have some questions about how to best communicate and interact with them. 1. Make eye contact and smile: A warm smile is a universal sign ...

RIT graduate Liam Coleman was looking for a way to express how it feels to be caught within one’s own thoughts about navigating identity. As a Deaf person, Coleman ’19 (individualized program) ...

“I’m sorry for participating in the deaf apocalypse.” For a hearing friend and me, this line, delivered in sign language, became a running gag early in the pandemic. She and I had moved in as ...

For decades, deaf and hard-of-hearing students attending RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf have been earning associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees. This year, the first three ...

Growing up as the only hearing child in an all-Deaf family — a circumstance he says is rarer than being struck by lightning twice — Thibault Duchemin was always translating. From phone calls to doctor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. The Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) is an agency in existence ...

Learning how to communicate more like a deaf person could improve your listening skills and make yourself heard better at work, according to international business consultant and coach Dr Bruno Kahne.

The theme for this year, “No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights,” highlights the urgent need to recognise sign languages as a fundamental human right. It reminds the world that inclusion and ...

Four years ago, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin experienced the magic of a Sundance premiere virtually when the heartfelt indie “CODA” made its debut at the fest (it then sold for $25 million to Apple on ...

"I am done with being the token deaf character," she told the Edinburgh TV Festival in the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture. "I believe that diverse, rich and fascinating deaf stories are ready to go ...