Chantek, the orangutan who used sign language (ASL), dies at 39. He was one of the first apes to learn sign language along with Koko the gorilla and Washoe the chimpanzee. He frequently used ...
A new analysis of hundreds of the most popular films in recent years finds that Hollywood is still underrepresenting disabled people. According to the report, commissioned by the Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative ...
They thrilled everyone with their sign language interpretation of the Italian Mameli's Hymn. They are the Italian female volleyball players who won the silver medal at the latest Deaflympics 2017 held in Samsun (Turkey). ...
When they discover that two of their three children are deaf, Alberto and Luisa experience a profound crisis. They fight and can’t seem to get along, because Giulia and Carlotta’s disability has disoriented them. ...
Toro Seduto (Sitting Bull) is what he insists upon being called, even if he is in a wheelchair. Michele Sanguine, is 32 years old and he has Duchenne dystrophy. This does not, however, keep ...
Italy now has a city for the deaf. A website filled with information specifically for deaf users. The country’s national office for deaf citizens, the Ente Nazionale Sordi, has just announced this most recent ...
Sarah, a 28-year-old American girl, knew a tetraplegic 30-year-old boy called Luca on the internet and they fell in love. While Marco is Lorenza’s husband. She is a mother in the wheelchair and former ...
A US boy who made history as the world's first child to have a double hand transplant is now swinging a baseball bat well. It is two years since Zion Harvey, who is now 10, ...
The Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey have begun. The event, now in its 23rd year will run from July 18 to 30, 2017. Participants include about 5 thousand athletes from 90 nations. These races are ...
Between 2011 and 2015, U.S. people with disabilities ages 12 and older were victimized at two-and-a-half times the rate of the general population, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Justice’s ...
