INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time, recruits of the Indiana University Police Academy will receive formal training and deaf training awareness in American Sign Language. Officer and student, Brennan ...

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When Dylan Heuer was 7 months old, he became deaf from meningitis, and he received a cochlear implant when he was 3. Heuer’s parents learned sign language, and when he played Little League baseball, ...

LEADER, KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT FIVE, A SPECIAL SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS IN CENTRAL IOWA STARTED OFF AS A WAY TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE GAME OF BASEBALL. BUT AS I FOUND OUT, THE IOWA BASEBALL CAMP FOR THE DEAF ...

When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 29. Where: Corbin Park, 501 W. Park Place. Info: Sponsored by Spokane Public Schools, the event promises “an evening of fun, food and friendship” through games, free food and ...

Born to deaf parents in a family where he was the fourth generation born without hearing, Harper College instructor Marcos Aguilar was so immersed in Deaf culture as a child that he thought people who ...

In a typical classroom at Sacramento State, the words “poop,” “diaper,” “bathroom” and other potty language are seldom heard. But this is not a typical classroom. “Promoting Rich Accessible Language ...

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...

American Sign Language (ASL) is the most common language used by the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, there are more than half a million people who use ...

I entered my third-year medical rotations with the same mix of excitement and apprehension that comes with every "first day of school." I was eager to be challenged and anxious to meet patients from ...