Zaineb Abdullah, vice president of Deaf Planet Soul, conducted a deaf sensitivity training Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Algonquin Public Library. Abdullah also discussed current challenges for the deaf community and what local municipalities – and libraries – can do to help.

Sarah Michaelson and Michael Herzovi, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) alum, incorporated American Sign Language (ASL) and a variety of media effects to make the story more accessible for children with various disabilities.

American actor Troy Kotsur became the second deaf performer in Academy history to win an acting award at the Oscars (after his “CODA” co-star Marlee Matlin, who took home best actress in 1987 for “Children of a Lesser God”).

The Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act was created to strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and improve services and education opportunities for deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind children, including those with additional disabilities.

We are proud to share the news that as of September 27, 2023, the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act has officially been reintroduced in both the U.S. House and Senate.

Deaf teenager Eloise Pennycott is to have a play performed in London’s Dorfman Theatre in July, after she was announced as the winner of the National Theatre’s ‘New Views’ playwrighting competition for young people. Eloise, a Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) user from Essex, landed the top prize with her play Barrier(s), which will be performed in a mix of BSL and English with actors from the Deaf community.

Fifteen years ago, as a freshman at Montclair State, Policelli wanted to take American Sign Language but at that time, she says, seniors and athletes had first dibs on the course. She started talking to one of her classmates, a softball player, about it. “She offered to sign up for the class and then drop it so I could get her spot.”

How technology has created opportunities for Columbia’s ASL community to connect with other Deaf performers around the world.

Award-winning poet, educator and writer, Raymond Antrobus has been shortlisted for a Costa Book Award for his poetry collection "All the Names Given,"

The California School for the Deaf, Riverside, is steamrolling its opponents, electrifying a campus that has seen more than a few athletic defeats.

A New York TImes article looks at the origins of name signs in deaf culture, including one recently assigned to Vice President Harris.