On March 30, 1987, William Hurt presented Marlee Matlin with the Best Actress Oscar at the 59th Annual Academy Awards. Only 21 years old,...

CODA picked up awards for Best Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor on this date (March 27, 2022) one year ago today. Siân...

It was 36 years ago today (March 13, 1988) that the Deaf President Now movement succeeded. It happened when I King Jordan became the...

‘CODA’ Star Troy Kotsur won the best supporting trophy at the Film Independent Spirit Award on March 6, 2022. Image: Variety That makes...

It was on this date (March 4, 2013) an episode of Switched at Birth was aired that made history. The dialogue of the entire show was in...

On this date (March 3, 1887) Anne Sullivan arrived at the Keller's home in Alabama to work with their deaf and blind daughter, Helen....

It was on this date (Nov. 24) in 2004, when sign language interpreter Nataliya Dmytruk refused to translate the official script during a...

DC's FOX-5 takes you to a unique museum on the campus of Gallaudet University. image from FOX-5 video report It offers many stories about...

A woman from the UK became the first deaf person to row across the Atlantic Ocean on this date (Jan 31) in 2020. Image from ReSound video...

The "royal court" of the 134th Rose Parade making history by including a "princess" who is deaf. image: Tournament of Roses Salia Baligh...

The Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture is located in Olathe, Kansas, across the street from the Kansas School for the Deaf. image...

The Stan Mikita Hockey School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing got its start nearly 50 years ago in 1973. image from CBS-2 video The camp...

It was 33 years ago today (March 13, 1988) that the Deaf President Now movement succeeded. It happened when I King Jordan became the...

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) board has picked April as the National Deaf History Month. image from NAD video This resolves...

A study of sign language in Europe has found that Spanish sign language is possibly the oldest in existence. A map of sign language...

Jane Fernandes became the first deaf woman to lead a U.S. college or university when she took the position at North Carolina's Guilford...

Laura Kim was flying from from the DC area to San Diego to visit family on Sept. 11, 2001. image from KFMB-TV video Kim walked off her...

Nicaraguan Sign Language is the first language to be developed without the influence of another language. The History Channel has details...

Next week (April 6) Simon & Schuster will release a book that explores the relationship between Alexander Graham Bell and the...

Two deaf teachers at the Kentucky School for the Deaf are profiled in the Advocate-Messenger. Elizabeth Ann Young and Belle Lunsford...