Deaf Culture

Charles Graves is the most visible Deaf Santa Claus working today. He’s also a husband, a father, a community member, and someone who pursued this work for years before any cameras showed up.

Building family rituals that include a Deaf child doesn’t require flipping your whole holiday upside down. Ten small, practical ideas that start today.

Charles Graves became the first widely-known Deaf Santa Claus, but Deaf Santas have appeared in Deaf schools and Deaf communities for far longer. Here’s some of the history that came before.

There are still about 70 schools for the Deaf operating in the United States, though the landscape has changed dramatically. Here’s an overview of what they are, how they differ, and how to find one near you.

ASL didn’t come from English, and it didn’t come from one person. It came from a French educator, a Connecticut minister, and a generations-old signing community on Martha’s Vineyard. Here’s how a language was born.

Most hearing families try hard. They still get certain things wrong — not from indifference, but from never having been told. Here are the patterns we see most often.