People who are deaf can learn to talk. Some deaf people may choose not to communicate using the spoken word. Instead, they prefer to use American sign language (ASL), a nonverbal language.

"Deaf therapy dog caught sleeping on the job ... middle of the music room while students are doing their daily music lessons. He so often falls asleep in the funniest positions in the middle ...

Excerpts from Deaf Heritage in Canada: A Distinctive ... To see FDR’s original speech with editing changes click title or go to: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy for lessons on Pearl Harbor and ...

Captionists are also encouraged to pursue more in-depth knowledge about Deaf culture and technology ... enough hearing loss that makes it difficult to follow classroom lessons Students whose reading ...

The first two lessons are focused on expressive and receptive fingerspelling ... The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, at Gallaudet University has assumed responsiblity for training and ...

And that’s half the battle sometimes with signing,” said Sean Forbes, one of the deaf rappers who broke ... an NFL player when they first started lessons. He said in an email the former ...

THROUGH DEAF EYES is a two-hour HDTV documentary for PBS exploring nearly 200 years of Deaf life in America. The film presents the shared experiences of American history—family life, education ...

A deaf teenager has won a legal fight against Fife Council to have a British Sign Language interpreter in her class for school lessons. Niamdh Braid, 16, from Glenrothes, launched an action ...