A company in Illinois fired a worker after it learned that she was deaf, the EEOC alleged. The worker lost her job on her very first day, the EEOC said in a disability-discrimination lawsuit. The ...

LONDON -- One doesn't need to know sign language to understand what Michael Connolly feels about his colleagues' efforts to break down the barriers posed by his deafness. When asked what he thought of ...

Can companies say they are truly inclusive if they don't provide the proper tools for disabled employees? One product manager, who knows firsthand what it means to be deaf in the workplace, is on a ...

Read full article: How is Pope Leo XIV likely to forge his own path in Pope Francis’ footsteps? The iconic Thunderbird Beach Resort on Treasure Island, Florida, will not be reopening in its current ...

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - A worker at a Publix grocery store said she was punched in the back because she didn’t hear a customer asking for help. Liberty Gratz was kneeling down stocking a shelf when she said ...

Younes Mchaar transferred from his FedEx package-handler job in Virginia to a similar position in San Jose, hoping to leave behind the disability discrimination he experienced at work as a deaf person ...

DENVER (AP) - A deaf mail handler filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Postal Service, saying managers did not provide reasonable accommodations for deaf workers. The practices violate the ...

A deaf technician at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory says he was assigned to a position melting aluminum ingots at 1,220°F, a temperature which caused his hearing aids to fail, making it all but impossible ...

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Mel Vezina wishes they didn’t have to live nearly 115 miles away from their work. They wish they didn’t have to choose between a four-hour round-trip commute every day and sleeping overnight in their ...