The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international NGO which is made up of 125 national organizations of Deaf people and many affiliated organizations in 125 countries and 8 regional ...

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

deaf with a lowercase d describes the audiological condition of hearing impairment. Deaf with a capital D refers to those individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing who “view themselves as a unique ...

Roughly 34 million children around the world are affected by some sort of hearing loss, including deafness. Deafness is a type of hearing loss that results in having very little to no functional ...

An illustration of scientist signing the word science The American Sign Language sign for ‘science’ is two closed fists with thumbs angled down, and each hand moves in small circles in opposite ...

On April 15, 1817, the American School for the Deaf opened. That date is now marked every year by ASL Day. Today, around one million people use American Sign Language (ASL) as their main way to ...