News by Topic: Deaf Community

Disability is an identity, not a deficit. That’s the message Catherine Lewis, director of RIT’s Disability Services Office, hopes people will remember.

WXXI talks to associate interpreter Kristi Love-Cooper and apprentice interpreter Cassandra Flores about NTID's Randleman Program, which aims to equip interpreters of color to meet the demands of interpreting in a postsecondary environment, while boosting recruitment and retention efforts for interpreters of color.

Detroit Free Press features deaf musician Sean Forbes '08 (applied arts and sciences) and the release of his new album.

From furniture and toys that assist children with special needs to car seats that help people with mobility issues enter and exit vehicles safely, cutting-edge technologies designed to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide range of physical and cognitive challenges will be on display March 17 at the fifth Conference on Effective Access Technology.

ClickOnDetroit.com features rapper Sean Forbes '08 (applied arts and sciences), co-founder of D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network.

Peter Hauser has spent the past two decades studying how deaf people develop, learn, grow and live. Today, he is at the helm of a new project—a research-based incubator—where junior faculty at NTID can work together to understand the role of cultural and linguistic diversity in deaf people’s lives.

The Alfred Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder has a new twist as NTID Performing Arts translates the play into American Sign Language, making it accessible to deaf audiences. Deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members can also experience cutting-edge closed-captioning technology using smartglasses developed by Vuzix Corp.

Vulture talks to Denise Herrera, associate interpreter, about the challenges involved with interpreting for comedians. (Note: this story contains explicit language.)

Bright reds, blues and yellows, displayed alongside stark black-and-white linocut prints are the trademarks of the latest exhibit at the NTID’s Dyer Arts Center. “20/20: A Two Person Show,” running through Feb. 22, features the eye-catching works of artists Nancy Rourke and David Call, two artists with deep roots in the De’VIA (Deaf View Image Art) art movement.

Vogue features Christine Sun Kim ’02 (applied arts and sciences), who performed the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language before this year's Super Bowl.

RIT/NTID alumna Christine Sun Kim ’02 (applied arts and sciences) writes in The New York Times about her experience performing the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language before the Super Bowl.

Classic sci-fi; an interpretation of a Tony Award-winning musical; a story of faith and friendship; and New Yorkers struggling with drug abuse, AIDS and homosexuality are all part of a new collaborative season by the NTID Performing Arts program and the College of Liberal Arts.