Deaf community - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Deaf community - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 We Need More Open-Captioned Movies in Theaters https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/06/we-need-more-open-captioned-movies-in-theaters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-need-more-open-captioned-movies-in-theaters https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/06/we-need-more-open-captioned-movies-in-theaters/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:15:53 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1675349 I was eight when I first saw an open-captioned movie in a theater. It was 1997, the animated musical Anastasia. I was thrilled. I’m deaf, and though the Americans With Disabilities Act had been passed in 1990, I hadn’t, until then, been able to watch a movie with my family with much comprehension. Twenty-seven years […]

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A Short List of Things to Do in DC That Are in American Sign Language https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/02/a-short-list-of-things-to-do-in-dc-that-are-in-american-sign-language/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-short-list-of-things-to-do-in-dc-that-are-in-american-sign-language Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:00:48 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1568942 The District of Columbia has over 20,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing residents, many of whom use American Sign Language (ASL) as their main language. In honor of upcoming National Deaf History Month (March 13-April 15), and in order to create a more inclusive catalog of “things to do” that represents all Washingtonians, we wanted to highlight […]

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“Deaf U” on Netflix Digs Into Casual Sex, Personal Trauma, and Gossipy Friends https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/09/29/deaf-u-netflix-nyle-dimarco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deaf-u-netflix-nyle-dimarco Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:00:38 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1286136 With his smoldering looks and killer rumba moves, Nyle DiMarco won two high-profile reality shows within the span of six months: America’s Next Top Model in late 2015 and Dancing With the Stars the following May. He was the first deaf person to top either competition. Now DiMarco is involved with another reality show—but of a very different variety. […]

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DC’s Newest Neapolitan-Style Pizzeria Is Completely Deaf-Owned and -Operated https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/09/14/dcs-newest-neapolitan-style-pizzeria-is-completely-deaf-owned-and-operated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dcs-newest-neapolitan-style-pizzeria-is-completely-deaf-owned-and-operated Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:30:05 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1268054 Restaurateurs Melody and Russ Stein, founders of San Francisco-based Neapolitan-style pizzeria Mozzeria, met as students at Gallaudet University in 1995. Now, 15 years later, the restaurant has opened its second location near their alma mater on H Street Northeast, with a completely deaf and hard-of-hearing team. “The whole goal was to create opportunities for deaf […]

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