Mr Deaf South Africa Phumelela Mapukata did the country proud at the Mr Deaf World pageant. The international pageant was held in SA for the first time. Twenty contestants from…
Reporter Liam O’Dell American academic Joseph Murray has been announced as the new President of the World Federation of the Deaf. Dr Murray, who takes over from Colin Allen, will…
Health workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are being trained on sign language as part of efforts to improve the access to critical health services, such as maternity care…
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Vidisha Baliyan becomes first Indian to bag the Miss Deaf World 2019 title (photo)
Vidisha Baliyan, a 21-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar city, was crowned Miss Deaf World 2019. The international beauty pageant was held in Mbombela, South Africa and Vidisha, being the…
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Idoma-born Lawson Ogamenyi becomes first deaf person to graduate from UNIJOS (Photos)
The story of Ode Lawson Ogamenyi is inspiring. It reminds one that determination is truly success. Lawson, despite his hearing hiccups; broke the jinx and became the first deaf graduate…
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INN Publisher Gets Honorary Award; Charge participants to be the best they can be.
The Chief executive officer and publisher of the Inclusive News Network (INN), Sejoro Ekundayo Peter was last Saturday, 20 July, 2019 honoured with an award of excellency at a 1-Day…
Two Kenyan representatives in the just-concluded Miss and Mister Deaf International beauty contest in Moscow Russia scooped top honours. The duo jetted back into the country on Tuesday morning to…
Mr and Miss Deaf Kenya pulled an impressive performance during the just concluded Miss & Mister Deaf International pageant in St.Petersburg, Russia. Catherine Ngovi, 22, and Wilson Obange finished at…
Bethany Baker plans to improve accessibility to education, communication and preventative care in her community as the first Deaf nursing student here at UNF. Baker’s parents found out she was…
“THE human spirit is one of ability, perseverance and courage that no disability can steal away and it’s not our disabilities that count but our abilities.” This is a living…
A deaf couple is set to open a new Neapolitan-style pizzeria in Washington, D.C., staffed only by deaf employees. Mozzeria will be located on 1300 H St. NE, down the…
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We are slaves of our emotional disabilities, not physical handicaps- Deaf author, Nolwazi
“People are not hindered by their physical disabilities, but are slaves of their emotional and mental disabilities” are the words of 35-year-old Nolwazi Khuzwayo, who is originally from Umzumbe on…
‘The plaintiff could not hear gunshots as he is deaf but avers that the shooting was done unlawfully and wrongfully’ A deaf man shot by soldiers during opposition riots on…
The Greek women of the national deaf team won gold on Saturday at the 2019 Women’s World Deaf Basketball Championship held in Poland, led by their coach Athina Zerva. In…
Five Russian couples who are deaf want to try the CRISPR gene-editing technique so they can have a biological child who can hear, biologist Denis Rebrikov has told New Scientist.…