Eighteen years ago, deaf students at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, passed alerts hand to hand and pulled fire alarms to agitate for a deaf president. This week, as the university prepared to ...
On TikTok and in virtual hangouts, a younger generation is sharing the origins and nuances of Black American Sign Language, a rich variation of ASL that scholars say has been overlooked for too long.
Justina Miles is a Deaf performer who went viral during her performance at Super Bowl LVII. Her mission is to show the world more authentic representations of Deaf people. For September’s Deaf ...