Education

Holiday photos with a Deaf child can be wonderful or disastrous, depending mostly on whether the adults running the camera understand what the child needs.

Yes, Santa schools are real, they’ve existed for nearly 90 years, and what they teach is more substantive than you’d think.

Most American families have visited a mall Santa, but very few know how the industry behind those visits actually operates. Here’s a short tour.

The Santa we know — red suit, white beard, North Pole, professional industry — is the product of a 1,700-year evolution. Here’s the short version.

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.