The chief executive of a charity for people with hearing impairments says everyone should learn some basic sign language. Jenni Dawkins from Deafconnect, external, in Northampton, believes people who ...

Communication is one of the biggest gifts of life. Hence difficulty in communication presents big hurdles. A good proportion of persons with a disability experience such hurdles. Fortunately there are ...

28 September 2009 MUSCAT -- Learning the concepts of Sign Language Translation (SLT) is beneficial in dealing with persons with hearing and speech defects in the community. It is also importing in ...

Athipat Boonleang, a deaf gay rider, was on the way to deliver a parcel. Confused by the customer's location, she sent a text message to no avail. She contacted an online sign language interpretation ...

It was an incident in a local supermarket which really opened Bradley Buksh’s eyes to the importance of communication. Bradley’s father, who works with him at Integrationale Care in Nelson in Pendle, ...

Telecel Ghana has called for the mainstreaming of sign language studies in education and public service delivery to promote inclusive communication and equal access for the Deaf community. The call ...

Many assume that sign language is exclusively for the hearing-impaired and those affiliated with this community, and therefore see no need to learn it. Others might be daunted by the complexity of the ...

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) — The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has trained members of the Provincial Council for Disability Affairs (PCDA) on Deaf culture and ...