When “The Simpsons” creative team decided to use American Sign Language in this Sunday’s episode, there was one hitch: The show’s animated characters have only four fingers. “That was a little tricky, ...

The characters in "The Simpsons" only have four fingers, but that doesn't stop them from using American Sign Language for the first time in the show's 31-year history in an upcoming episode.

Hollywood is not an easy industry to navigate for deaf actors. The new film "CODA" was one of the breakout hits of this year's Sundance Film Festival. And it tells the story of deafness and hearing ...

Over the past couple of decades, the world has evolved in a way that favors the hearing impaired, believe it or not. Whereas telephone calls had once been the preferred means of long-distance ...

Activism has been on the rise lately. Movements are gaining traction. More and more people are showing up, raising their voices and demanding change. But what happens when you can’t raise your voice ...

Elise Nye, who is also deaf, is moderating an event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. There will be ASL interpreters to speak in English what Rachel Kolb and Nye ...