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If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf suffragists contributed to women’s emancipation in the United States and Britain and that they lived bold lives. As a researcher of deaf history, including deaf women’s history, I work to illuminate the often hidden history of deaf people and their unique contributions to the world. I have unearthed historical information about deaf women suffragists and assembled it into an online collection ch...

''If deaf people have never heard words, what is their inner monologue like?''This week it's the turn of Professor in Deaf Studies, Lorraine Leeson for Ask M...

In this op-ed, Emily Glenn-Smith and Andrew Bottoms, instructors in Wheelock’s Deaf Studies Program, write that the Biden administration’s recent announcement that all White House press briefings will include an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter signals a new age for equal access and the Deaf community.

The Philosophers' Magazine Teresa Blankmeyer Burke reviews Sound of Metal, an Amazon original movie directed by Darius Marder Sound of Metal is a welcome departure from the usual Hollywood deaf-themed movies featuring tragic deaf women being rescued by hearing people, e.g. Children of a Lesser God, Johnny Belinda. The protagonist, Ruben, played by Riz Ahmed, is a rock band drummer and four-years-sober addict who wakes up one morning to realize that he has lost a significant portion of his hearing. The film follows Ruben...

Center for Continuing and Online Education Audism Webinar Series Gallaudet University's Center for Continuing and Online Education, in partnership with the Deaf Studies Digital Journal and with support from the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, Research and Continuing and Online Education are proud to present an upcoming series of webinars on Audism in our communities. A group of world-class scholars have joined this series to discuss the impacts audism has upon Deaf people. It is important to note that the concept of audism has long been part of the Deaf community landscape, even ...