"Deaf" Blogs & Blog Posts

Heather Dowdy's job is to make Netflix accessible to people with disabilities. TV subtitles are now used by 80% of its viewers, the platform said.

Even as social media companies improve their accessibility features, there's still a lot of work to be done before we get to universal access.  We talked to social media creators and disability advocates Chrissy Marshall and Molly Burke about ho...

Sign language is used by millions of people around the world, but unlike Spanish, Mandarin or even Latin, there’s no automatic translation available for those who can’t use it. SLAIT claims the first such tool available for general use, w...

What would you do if you had to choose between taking care of your parents and taking care of yourself, between going after your own dreams or keeping the family business alive?  This is the dilemma faced by the protagonist of CODA (Child of Deaf Ad...

Naughty Dog declared that The Last of Us Part II would be one of the most accessible games yet in a recent interview with The Verge, but it’s now clear exactly how far the studio was willing to go to make sure people could play. The developer has d...

Google is now ready to offer live help for accessibility features regardless of your hearing. The search firm now offers Disability Support through American Sign Language, letting you troubleshoot through video chat if you're deaf or hard-of-he...

Deaf children face challenges learning to read. As their parents and teachers often don't know sign language, young ones can't always make the connection between words on the page and their own life experiences. Huawei aims to fix that wi...