Federal and state law require businesses to accommodate employees with disabilities, to an extent, but deaf people question whether employers are doing enough. Why it matters: For deaf adults, finding ...

Despite technological advancements that allow deaf job seekers to communicate more easily with potential employers, applicants say they still face... Amanda Koller is getting her second master's ...

ASL cafe gives the Deaf community a voice and jobs - Non-ASL can place their orders via a microphone, which transcribes their requests onto a display screen ...

Lisa Peterson interviewed first at Kohl’s, then at TJ Maxx and Target. She applied for jobs at Raley’s, Safeway, Applebee’s, and Olive Garden, too. Once, she advanced to a second interview at the ...

Every day in the mess hall kitchen at San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot, a culinary team of nearly 30 cooks turns out more than 9,000 meals, making it the Corps’ highest-volume mess hall in the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — There’s a mantra Mackenzie Goranitis brings to her job every day: “a deaf person can do anything a hearing person can do … except hear.” She is the deaf and hard of hearing support ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH)– The deaf community is converging at the capitol to file a complaint in an effort to get interpreters their jobs back. Many in the deaf community say they’re losing a vital ...

Amanda Koller is getting her second master's degree. She has applied for more than 1,100 jobs in the past year. She hasn't gotten any full-time, permanent job offers. She is also profoundly deaf. The ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Lisa Peterson interviewed first at ...