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Who Is “Worthy”? Deaf-Blind People Fear That Doctors Won’t Save Them from the Coronavirus

The lawyer and disability-rights activist Haben Girma

Rebecca Alexander volunteered shortly after Governor Andrew Cuomo appealed for mental-health professionals to help counsel first responders traumatized by the covid-19 crisis. A New York psychotherapist, she has taken calls from a young nurse who had trouble sleeping because she was haunted by the sounds of dying patients gasping for breath

Accessibility Tips for a Better Zoom/Virtual Meeting Experience

Screenshot of a Zoom meeting with six individuals using sign language

These tips are focused on the needs of deaf and hard of hearing participants in virtual workplace meetings

Meet the Dancer Combining Sign Language & Hip Hop

Music and dance are such universal parts of the human experience. They are fundamental to who we are. So, why is it that so many people assume the Deaf or hearing impaired community aren’t a part of these vibrant forms of expression?

How to Design a Better City for Deaf People

The campus of Gallaudet University is shown on Monday, May 8, 2006 in Washington. The newly chosen president of Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf, faced student protests and a possible faculty no-confidence vote Monday in a dispute that she said comes down to whether she is "deaf enough" for the job.

Lighting, sound-deflecting surfaces, big spaces—all of these elements can influence a deaf person’s ability to communicate. DeafSpace design considers it all.

Why Sign-Language Gloves Don’t Help Deaf People

Jose Hernandez-Rebollar demonstrates his AcceleGlove, which claimed to "translate" sign language into written and spoken forms.

Wearable technologies that claim to translate ASL overlook the intricacies of the language, as well as the needs of signers.

Huawei’s AI-powered storybook app for deaf children

Girl looking at a screen with a blanket over her head

Huawei Australia has launched an AI-powered app designed to improve the reading experience for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Starbucks first ever U.S. “Signing Store”

Green Starbucks apron with sign language symbols on the front

Starbucks announced Thursday that they will open its first American “Signing Store,” in Washington D.C. this fall, which will be designed with the deaf community in mind.

The Radical Frontier of Inclusive Design

An individual wearing the Microsoft Hololens AR headset

Why shouldn’t everyone have the chance to experience VR?

Sensations of Sound: On Deafness and Music

Sensory sketch image done by James Merry

I am deaf. But getting cochlear implants led me to explore more deeply what music meant to me.

Deaf Painter Discusses Being an Artist with a Disability

This is a photo of Bex, a 28-year-old deaf artist from the San Francisco Bay Area

28- year-old San Francisco Bay area resident, Bex, was born and raised in Los Angeles, and is the only deaf person in her family. Bex explains the daily obstacles of making it in the art world for someone with a disability.

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