Babies are using their hands to communicate before they can actually talk. That appears to be a trend at many daycare centers ...

The Learning Experience, a local early education center, is celebrating its third year of teaching American Sign Language to children as young as six months old ...

The state budget Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed this week included transparency requirements — one would give parents more ...

In her memoir “Articulate,” Rachel Kolb explores her experience growing up deaf, focusing on communication rather than loss.

TRIAD Deaf Services aids Deaf community in Stark, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties. "We want to empower the Deaf community," ...

For his parents, “I think it makes them proud. Because this was not the way they grew up. People were not proud of their deaf ...

Every year, the International Week of Deaf People reminds us that deaf rights are human rights. As we approach the International Day of the Deaf, why should we recognise that 'No Human Rights Without ...

Education Cannot Wait-funded initiative, implemented by Light for the World and Save the Children, trains teachers in sign ...

“Our language shapes and defines us, makes us who we really are, but we are responsible for it too,” says Joel Maxwell. Joel Maxwell (Te Rarawa) is an experienced ...

Ohio recently launched a new initiative – becoming the first state to let parents sign their newborns up for the Imagination ...

Any doting dog parent wants to be their dog's favorite person. After all, you love your dog, spoil them with toys, food and ...

Billy and Catrina are deaf, and it was their dream to adopt a deaf child from China. They began the process 10 years ago while living in Lacey, and with the help of generous Asbury Park Press readers, ...