INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time, recruits of the Indiana University Police Academy will receive formal training and deaf training awareness in American Sign Language. Officer and student, Brennan ...

When Dylan Heuer was 7 months old, he became deaf from meningitis, and he received a cochlear implant when he was 3. Heuer’s parents learned sign language, and when he played Little League baseball, ...

When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 29. Where: Corbin Park, 501 W. Park Place. Info: Sponsored by Spokane Public Schools, the event promises “an evening of fun, food and friendship” through games, free food and ...

LEADER, KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT FIVE, A SPECIAL SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS IN CENTRAL IOWA STARTED OFF AS A WAY TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE GAME OF BASEBALL. BUT AS I FOUND OUT, THE IOWA BASEBALL CAMP FOR THE DEAF ...

Growing up without the ability to use sign language not only presents a huge barrier for a deaf individual to fully communicate, but it can also prevent someone from fully entering the culture, ...

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DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) — The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has trained members of the Provincial Council for Disability Affairs (PCDA) on Deaf culture and ...

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

The words and works of William Shakespeare were not of particular interest to a young Rachel Berman-Kobylarz. She wasn't unfamiliar with the Bard — she did take English literature classes in high ...

I entered my third-year medical rotations with the same mix of excitement and apprehension that comes with every "first day of school." I was eager to be challenged and anxious to meet patients from ...