Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meet Haben Girma, the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law School. She's also a disability rights advocate who ...

A new communication card was developed to help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing exchange information with law enforcement A new communication card was developed to help individuals who are ...

At the age of 15, Haben Girma had danced, skied, kayaked and traveled to Mali. And although that’s a lot for any young person to experience, Haben was doing so while deaf and blind. After realizing ...

At the heart of its mission, the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults exists to empower people and build communities. It is the goal of the organization that people of all ages leave the ...

Representing the indigent deaf poses a host of legal challenges for Bruce and Liz Gitlin, a husband-and-wife team who run a public interest law firm in Manhattan. The couple recently scored their ...

Michigan parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children will have new ways to track their child’s language learning progress under a new state law taking effect this spring. The law creates a new ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - For those who are deaf or hard of hearing, interactions with law enforcement can be a challenge. That’s why New Hanover County’s Office of Diversity and Equity has partnered ...

FREMONT — Delores Gaston, who was born deaf, came to Fremont for one reason: the first affordable housing in Northern California designed especially to meet the social and physical needs of low-income ...

Children in Missouri who are deaf or hard of hearing should get a helping hand thanks to a new law which took effect Aug. 28. The law creates an advisory committee to help establish language ...