Meet the two deaf Solomon Islanders teaching local sign language in a new book
Lilly and Jonathan face daily challenges in the Solomon Islands as people who are deaf — often ignored, misunderstood or made ...
Lilly Simon and Jonathan Bia created a book to teach sign language in Solomon Islands
Lilly and Jonathan face daily challenges in the Solomon Islands as people who are deaf — often ignored, misunderstood or made ...
School in Milford offers ASL as a world language course
American Sign Language is a course that’s gaining popularity in grades schools, but many middle schools in the state don’t ...
New questions raised after deaf man attacked while sleeping on United flight out of SFO
We are following the story of a brutal beating on board a United Airlines flight out of San Francisco International Airport. As we first reported Wednesday night, a witness says the victim is deaf.
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Signs of Unity: Can China’s Deaf Community Find a Common Language?
For example, early official sign languages were often based on fingerspelling using pinyin, the official system of writing Chinese using the Latin alphabet. “Natural signing is more convenient for me, ...
United Passenger Beats Deaf, Non-Verbal Man in Violent, Unprovoked Mid-Air Attack
A deaf, non-verbal man aboard a United Airlines flight suffered a horrifying attack at the hands of a fellow passenger who ...
United Airlines passenger beats deaf, non-verbal man to a pulp in middle of flight
Everett Chad Nelson, 44, is charged with assault by beating, striking or wounding following the alleged incident on a ...
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FAA investigating after deaf and non-verbal man 'viciously' attacked while sleeping on United flight
"When he was trying to communicate with us in sign language that's when we realized he was deaf and non-verbal," he said. That victim was communicating with the United flight crew by phone ...
United Airlines Passenger Charged After Violently Attacking Nonverbal, Deaf Man Mid-Flight
"The next thing I know, I just hear these blood-curdling screams," Sandhya Gupta, who was sitting a row behind the victim, ...
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Maniac flyer viciously beats deaf, nonverbal passenger on United flight in unprovoked attack that left cabin spattered with blood
“When he was trying to communicate with us in sign language, that’s when we realized ... which seemingly came out of nowhere. Gupta told ABC 7 that during the text exchange with the victim ...
Officers Were Caught On Video Punching A Deaf Black Man. The Police Union Says They Were Attacked.
After reviewing video of Phoenix police officers beating Tyron McAlpin, the Maricopa County attorney dropped all charges against him — a decision the union called appalling.