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About 220 persons with hearing impairment are to benefit from a four-month skill training project in garment manufacturing to enable them to become self-reliance upon completion.It is under the ...
In classrooms they may never enter and lessons they may never hear, dozens of deaf children in Bong County are being systematically denied their right to education--victims of a public school system ...
INDIANAPOLIS — State budget cuts at the Indiana School for the Deaf are being called a "crisis" by parents and advocates, who ...
The Clavet sisters are two Smithfield teens making a big impact on the lives of others -- their special needs buddies.
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: accommodations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) ...
DANVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — As we continue our Spotlight on Danville coverage, we look at one school that has been making a difference in the deaf community for 200 years.
But the Indiana School for the Deaf saw its funding slashed by 5 percent. One advocate worries the cuts will “gravely impact” the school’s ability to function.
Construction begins Oklahoma School for the Deaf sports facilities. Image courtesy, Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services. “When I first started working at OSD, I saw the football field and thought ...
The school will be leased and operated by Victory Schools, which will rename it Victory Deaf Academy and charge $35,000 in annual tuition. That amount was determined “based on the specialized ...
A junior at the Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) won the 2025 National Deaf Academic Bowl’s individual competition and was named an all-star. Josiah Lockhart defeated 64 students in the ...
A junior at the Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) won the 2025 National Deaf Academic Bowl’s individual competition and was named an all-star.