pNew graduate Eric Shear is on a mission to break barriers to space travel for people with disabilities/p

South Dakota's Shane Van Boening speaks with Jon Wertheim about becoming one of America's greatest players in a game that's trying to forge a new identity.

This video was made in collaboration with MED-EL. This is a day's layout on how I use my MED-EL cochlear implant in my job as an ICU nurse. Subscribe if you'...

Christine Sun Kim’s poetic and political art pushes viewers to consider the limits, and misunderstandings, that come with communication in any language, whether spoken or signed.

When Heather Artinian walks on stage to receive her Harvard Law degree later this month, it will be the culmination of 18 years working toward the goal of becoming a lawyer—a goal she has had since the age of 7.

In a drive for further diversity, the American doll manufacturer is releasing its first ever Barbie with hearing aids alongside a Ken doll with the skin condition vitiligo.

The model, "Dancing With the Stars" champion, filmmaker and activist in the deaf community is breaking down barriers and showing others that anything is possible.

March is Women's History Month. As we celebrate all the women in American and world history whose influence has shaped our lives, we should not forget the influences of women who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or low vision, and deaf-blind. At first you may not be able to think of any such women. Then you might remember Helen Keller who was both deaf and blind and an inspiration to millions. However, there are many other sensory-disabled women who have not only contributed to their own community but to the world at large.

Lauren Ridloff is the star of The Walking Dead and Eternals, Marvel's latest blockbuster superhero film with a cast that also includes Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan and Salma Hayek. In an exclusive essay for Vogue Australia, Ridloff writes about what power means to her.

Stories of deaf people as munitions workers and soldiers are emerging 100 years since the Great War.

Mohamed Abanoor, a criminal justice student at Northeastern, is planning to change what are often fraught interactions between police and deaf people—by becoming an officer himself. “The criminal justice system is in place to keep societies safe,” he says, “and my passion is around the system getting better, improving what we know is an imperfect system, particularly around race and audism.”

NASA has shared a picture of their first deaf engineer Johanna Lucht via its Women@NASA Twitter handle saying, “In 2017, Johanna Lucht became the first

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LEGO's minifigure with a hearing aid can be found in the LEGO City Main Square set, but it may be included in other LEGO sets in the future.

Proud to welcome Rachel Arfa as the next Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. We want to make Chicago the most inclusive and accessible city in the nation. Rachel’s experience and passion make her ideally suited to lead that effort for our city.

Ellie Graeber says she has never let the profound hearing impairment in both of her ears get in the way of what she wants, and she has the record to prove it.

In an email interview with ET, the actress previews her multi-episode arc on the ABC medical drama and making history.

When Suzie Helgerson, 54, drives down the highway in her big rig, she sees emergency vehicles before most hearing people hear the sirens. Helgerson has…

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Kitsap County native Brandon Salley is the only deaf member of his family and the first member of his family to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.As of Dec. 3,

The inspiring and moving memoir of a young woman who is slowly losing her sight and hearing yet continues to live life to its fullest potential. Even a darkening world can be brilliantly lit from within.Born with a rare genetic mutation called Usher syndrome type III, Rebecca Alexander has b...

Nicole Lopez, who has had mild hearing loss since early childhood, was an Army veteran in Iraq and Afghanistan when she decided to apply to the FBI