Harry Lang has had a long and storied career researching and writing about deaf Americans throughout history. His latest book, Fighting in the Shadows: The Untold Story of Deaf People in the Civil War ...

Today, Deaf and disabled people, queer and non-queer, from models to artists to filmmakers to authors are pop culture creators and icons. Two of the most lively, entertaining, moving books out now are ...

Austin, Texas – 25 contemporary authors from across the country who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and BIPOC, will be in Austin for the first Deaf Authors Book Festival, May 6-7, 2022, at the ...

TEXAS (KXAN) — After several years of working as a deaf education teacher, Texan Karlie Waldrip is teaching sign language to a new generation of readers, all with the assistance of her pup, Rhett.

In the early 1900s, Minnesota saw one of its sons, Esten Hanson—born near Kerkhoven—become one heck of an amateur baseball pitcher/catcher. Not that there weren’t enough gifted athletes to go around, ...

Growing up in Michigan, Kathy Jankowski didn't have an interpreter at the public schools she attended. Her parents were deaf, and so was she. “I felt like so much was missing,” she said in an ...

Constance Clark, a longtime special education teacher, has been an author of children’s books since 2020. A simple children’s story about a squirrel and his treasured acorns is now at the center of an ...

When Madan Vasishta arrived in Washington from India in the fall of 1967, he had $43 in hand and little else. A 26-year-old former cattle shepherd-turned-photographer, Vasishta was also profoundly ...

PIGLET: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family is due to hit shelves on August 3, 2021 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.