Northwestern’s American Sign Language Club hosted its first speaker Saturday, bringing deaf activist Karen Putz to campus to talk about accepting her identity as a deaf person and rediscovering ...

A Silent Games Night was organized and led by Richland's sign language instructor, Sherrie Hildreth, as a chance for students to socialize, learn about deaf culture and practice skills.

Debbi Gahard, of Bettendorf, picked “Silent Night” as her favorite Christmas carol because of a time when she “heard” it with no words or melody at all. “In the early ’90s I took sign ...