deafness

Jun 3

Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for Netflix’s New ‘Audible’ Documentary

We go inside the making of 'Audible,' a new film about a deaf high school football player. Watch the trailer here, premiered exclusively at Observer.

By Max Gao

Jun 19

Christine Sun Kim’s Art About the Erasure of Deaf History Takes Over London for One Night

'We’ve always had a voice, but there’s just this hierarchy of languages that don’t allow us to be heard in a way.' Artist Christine Sun Kim gets a platform to present her work made in collaboration with deaf children at Art Night London.

By Alisha Wexler

Feb 14

TV Has Never Seen Characters Like the 20-Somethings of ‘This Close’

'We’re the first show written and produced by deaf people,' said creator and star Shoshannah Stern. 'I see it as a model for something that wasn’t there before.'

By Anne Easton

Apr 28

Marlee Matlin on the FCC's Feeble Attempts at Online Closed Captioning

By Jordyn Taylor

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