Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

Big Ocean, a boy band whose members are deaf or hard of hearing, has found success with a mix of singing and signing. By Ephrat Livni Like other K-pop sensations, Big Ocean sings, raps, dances and ...

These days, a major world event can’t happen without an accompanying meme. During Hurricane Sandy, the new social media star is Lydia Callis, the American Sign Language interpreter who appears next to ...

The deaf community was plagued by racial segregation, so Black Americans decided to create their own rendition of the language to serve their communities. “Sinners” premiered on MAX on July 4 in its ...

When the Barbie movie was released in the summer of 2023, it generated endless social media buzz and sparked a cultural phenomenon. But some viewers couldn't fully share in the experience. While movie ...

Meet Celimar Rivera Cosme, the Puerto Rican sign language performer making history alongside Bad Bunnyat the Super Bowl LX halftime show. Rivera Cosme is a Puerto Rican Deaf performer and sign ...

This year, the Tony awards introduced the world to something most had never seen before: a musical told entirely through sign language. Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening was performed by deaf ...

Celimar Rivera Cosme is a huge Bad Bunny fan. So in 2022, she posted a video on Instagram to address the artist directly. “Hi, Benito, Bad Bunny, hope you see this video,” she said in Spanish while ...