Tag: deaf

Friendship Blossoms After Little Girl Learns Sign Language to Communicate With Deaf Driver

If this doesn’t put a smile on your face today, nothing will! (Video courtesy of Amy Mclellan) …


Unveiling the Complex World of American Sign Language

When Shelby Harrison went to college, she walked onto the William Woods University campus with plans to be an education major and work as a classroom teacher the way two of her aunts did. Along the way, Harrison needed a foreign language in order to complete her degree requirements, and her academic adviser encouraged her…


‘Perfect Match’: Dog Given Up for Being Deaf Finds Forever Home With Hearing Impaired Man

A deaf dog who was given up to a Florida shelter by a family who could no longer handle his needs has found the perfect forever home with a hearing-impaired former professor. Fourteen-month-old Labahoula Champ was given up to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay, who shared his story on Facebook. “Champ’s family surrendered him…


Loving Daughter Dedicated Her Time to Care for Deaf Mother with Dementia

An emotional journey where one woman learned to be a caregiver to take care of her mother. (Video courtesy of MJ Grant) …


Deaf Parents Had 2 Children Who Can Hear, Raise Them Together, Share Their Adventures on Instagram

Maryland mom Janet Moreno wasn’t born deaf like her husband, Daniel, was, but lost her hearing when she was a baby. Nor were their two young boys, Luke and Jason, born lacking their hearing. Yet for both parents, who managed living a life without sound into their 30s, raising fully abled kids presented a whole…


Do You Hear What I Hear?

The phone started ringing at about 2 a.m. I think I picked it up with the second ring. It was the hospital, and I was needed. Not an emergency, but urgently. I got up, grabbed socks, scrubs, and my lucky “surgery shoes” before washing up and kissing my now wide awake wife goodbye. I was…


Kindergarteners Use Sign Language to Sing Happy Birthday to Deaf Janitor

A wonderful moment of love and gratitude!


Deaf-Blind Boy Born With Rare, Terminal Condition Grows Up Happy With Support From Parents

An 8-year-old deaf-blind boy with a rare, terminal condition who was told he wouldn’t live past his first birthday is growing up in a happy home thanks to his parents’ determination in making him feel and experience love from all angles. Gideon Jolicoeur from Rockwell, Texas, was diagnosed with a degenerative genetic condition called peroxisomal…


U.S. Soldier Advocates for the Deaf

Christopher Jackson, an active-duty soldier who grew up in a deaf household, learned critical values such as discipline and work ethic from living and interacting with deaf relatives. Now, he’s on a mission to encourage service and advocate for the deaf. Jackson, 34, grew up in Houston. His father is completely deaf and his mother has…


US Soldier Advocates for the Deaf

Christopher Jackson, an active-duty soldier who grew up in a deaf household, learned critical values such as discipline and work ethic from living and interacting with deaf relatives. Now, he’s on a mission to encourage service and advocate for the deaf. Jackson, 34, grew up in Houston. His father is completely deaf and his mother has…