“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.…
A Melbourne taxi driver who transported deaf children to and from school has been accused of repeatedly molesting one of them as she rode in his car. Ioannis Amourgianos, known…
South Africa’s first sign language teachers’ training programme was launched on Monday, aimed at prospective sign language teachers and deaf teaching assistants. The move could prove to be a boon…
Footage of Asher swaying, rocking and mouthing along Stormzy’s performance Friday of the uniquely London style of rap lit up social media and gave new recognition to the art of…
The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) is calling for enactment into law, the Ghanaian Sign Language (GSL) as the official language for the deaf in Ghana. According to…
A deaf girl from Kyuso district in Kitui county is set to fly out of the country in early July to represent Kenya in the Mr and Miss Deaf International…
Voice for the Deaf Foundation has bemoaned the rate at which some of them are being trafficked for prostitution, alms-begging and ‘slavery jobs.’ They begged the Federal Government to come…
Police in the Northern Region have appealed to health facilities, herbalists and individuals in the region, to report anybody who comes to them with gunshots wounds for treatment to the…
The Ghana Deaf Football Association (GDFA) on Saturday held a special football match at the Accra Sports Stadium to commemorate the 72nd birthday anniversary of former President, Jerry John Rawlings.…
He wakes every morning with a dream. The desire to give back to his roots, the solid foundation, a school that moulded him like a porter would a clay pot,…
Former Manchester United striker Memphis Depay has visited Ghana for the second time. Depay, born to a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother was in his father’s country to spend…
There is a rich history of Catholic priests being involved in efforts to help the deaf understand and the speech-impaired communicate. Even the developer of American Sign Language studied under…
