Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.

As a result of language dysfluency caused by language deprivation, psychiatric assessment of DHH American Sign Language users is complex. 36 Mental health providers must understand the trauma that is ...

Disability advocates say cuts to Deaf participants' NDIS funding is a "systemic" problem that reflects a belief that Deafness ...

Communication is essential in our everyday life. It helps us understand others, express our wants and needs, solve problems, and build relationships. We tend to communicate through speech, body ...

Social communication disorder, also called pragmatic language disorder, is a new entry to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Before that, the idea ...