Rochester Institute of Technology

Deaf community enriches RIT experience for all

Student Graci Dietrich chose RIT because she wanted to be part of a university where Deaf culture is celebrated. She is one of nearly 1,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing students supported by RIT’s ...

Deaf lecturer's 1,000-mile solo walking challenge

Avril Langard-Tang, a senior lecturer in BA Interpreting at the University of Wolverhampton, started the 1,000-mile (1,609km) ...

Deaf Awareness Week - primary assembly

An assembly framework and video to learn about the deaf community and Deaf Awareness Week which is celebrated in May each ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT researchers earn $1 million Civic Innovation Challenge grant to empower Deaf community

Rochester Institute of Technology and National Technical Institute for the Deaf researchers have identified a critical gap between emergency services and the needs of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing ...
KRDO

Deaf community builds social connections through nonprofit’s pizza parties

GARDEN GROVE, California (KABC) — The OC Deaf Equal Access Foundation, better known as OC Deaf, has been hosting get-togethers at the Shakey’s pizza parlor in Garden Grove to help build a stronger ...