She emphasized that deafness is not a disability, it is a cultural identity. “You might have jokes being told; you might have something funny happening. ‘What, what was said!’ ...

Dave Grohl: deaf like me – except, of course, not like me The musician, who announced he now has some deafness, has an opportunity to make an invisible disability visible ...

My Turn—Deaf Overnight. Disability hit and immediately became part of my identity as an Asian woman when I went almost completely deaf overnight. ... not deaf enough or was faking my deafness. 3.

Deafness is not a disability. It is just a difference. ... “I struggled for a really long time, because I’m not hearing but I’m not deaf — because I can talk and I can hear.

New fertility legislation will make it illegal to use embryos with a known genetic abnormality in IVF treatment when ones without the same defect are available. Some deaf activists contend they do not ...

A British actress who appeared opposite Gal Gadot in "Wonder Woman 1984" is "coming out" as "moderately" deaf after keeping her disability a secret in showbiz for more than a decade. Georgia ...

Disability and civil rights advocates say police used unnecessary force when the man didn't hear their commands. McAlpin's experience is not unique, advocates say.

Ultimately, the students do see their Deaf president in I. King Jordan, then a dean.But not before they grew angry at him for switching back and forth between siding with students, then the ...