Dec. 18—Joanne Corwin remembers the uncertainty she felt as a new mother. In the late 1980s, her eldest daughter — and first-born child — was identified as deaf, spurring parental anxiety that no ...

Shedding unwanted pounds can be hard for anyone, but may be especially difficult for Deaf sign language users who experience barriers to mainstream weight loss programs and the social support they ...

As part of a federally-funded program, teachers and students from around the world gathered here at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to ...

Casey and Leah Garner's 3-year-old daughter, who is deaf and visually impaired, learned to communicate thanks to a ...

Deaf educator Kendra Peitz leads a class for deaf and hard of hearing second-graders at Karen Western Elementary on Thursday morning. Peitz wears a headset that links up with a device on students’ ...

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is hosting its 18th annual Explore Your Future (EYF), a week-long program designed to ...

As students in the University’s American Sign Language program enter their classroom, they immediately fall silent. The mode of communication shifts from vocal chords and shaped lips to hand gestures ...

Celebrate Selena’s legacy at a free, family-friendly party with music, dancing and shopping at Pearl Park on Wednesday, April 16. Read full article: Celebrate Selena’s legacy at Pearl’s ‘Bidi Bidi ...

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The ...