Hearing people see deafness as a disability that needs to be remediated so that deaf people can fit in. But that’s not how the deaf view themselves.

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!’ ...

Someone asked M.J. Bienvenu, a leading advocate for the deaf, whether people who couldn’t hear could drive a car. “After all that has happened and all the work we’ve done, people … ...

After all, many deaf people are happy to claim Disability Living Allowance, a Disabled Person's Railcard and a Freedom Pass at the same time as claiming they are not disabled. For me, as a ...

You may not have noticed, but almost every time you’re out on the town for theater, movies, dining, and socializing at the local watering holes, there are probably Deaf folks nearby. It’s true ...

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 ...

Alistair Wright is the severely deaf father of a six-year-old son who has normal hearing. Mr Wright, a single parent, aged 33, works for the National Deaf Children's Society which brings him into ...

The 27-year-old talks about living with cochlear implants in honor of Deaf History Month. First deaf 'Bachelor' contestant, Abigail Heringer, on why her disability doesn’t define her: 'It's not ...

Interpreting Disability proclaims that human life, rooted in God’s loving intention, expresses itself fully in the crucified and risen Christ, whose vulnerable, loving life is a model for churches ...