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A new initiative will allow UK deaf audiences to see captioned films before general release

LONDON — For once, deaf audiences are being prioritized at U.K. cinemas. Paramount Pictures UK will be showing their movies with captions the day before general release, meaning deaf and …

Rock in Rio’s sign language pumps up Brazil’s deaf audience

by Jeff Dinwiddie

Tens of thousands of Brazilians gathered at Rio de Janeiro’s mega-festival Rock in Rio on Friday, with many staking out spots of artificial grass all day to hear the headliner, …

In some classrooms in Senegal, deaf and hard-of-hearing students now study alongside everyone else

by Margaret Jenner

PIKINE, Senegal — Mouhamed Sall stepped to the chalkboard with a glance and quick question in sign language to an assistant. Then he solved the exercise to the silent approval …