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Pages in category "Television shows about deaf people" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Deaf U is an American reality television program on Netflix that follows a group of deaf and hard of hearing college students who attend Gallaudet University, a federally chartered private university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing that is located in Washington, D.C. [1] Among the series' executive producers is deaf activist, model, and actor Nyle DiMarco.
This Close began as Fridays, Stern and Feldman's Kickstarter web series, [1] and then premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival's Episodic Showcase as The Chances.It was Sundance Now's first straight-to-series order, [2] and centers on two deaf best friends navigating their twenties in Los Angeles.
Thomas, who acted as a consultant for the show, plays a deaf actress named Deanne (a parody of lead actress Deanne Bray, who is also deaf). She meets the character Sue Thomas (played by Bray) in the hospital and has a quick chat with her. She plays the same role in the final episode.
The majority of cast and many members of the crew are deaf or use British Sign Language. The cast is led by Matthew Gurney with Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan and Rose Ayling-Ellis. [3] The cast also includes Stephen Collins, Ace Mahbaz, Sophie Stone, Olive Gray, Joe Sims and Julian Peedle-Calloo. [4]
She competed on Survivor to bring awareness of deaf culture and in the hope of bringing home the prize money. [4] On Day 33 of the show, Smith was voted out in a 4-2 decision by Jenna Morasca, Heidi Strobel, Matthew von Ertfelda, and Rob Cesternino. Smith came in sixth place and became the fourth member of the jury of seven that would ...
In the first book of the series, Adam becomes deaf in his left ear due to abuse. [7] 2012 Hazel Grace Lancaster, Augustus Waters, and several other characters The Fault in our Stars: John Green: The book is about characters with several types of cancer and resulting disabilities including a blind character and one with a prosthetic leg ...
A full list of contributors can be found, [3] but the main presenters were: Pat Keysell: an actress who also taught deaf children; Tony Hart: artist, who made pictures in a variety of sizes and media, and encouraged children to submit their own paintings to "The Gallery", which they did by the thousands