As we get older, staying active and engaged with friends and neighbors is important. For one of the residents at Willowbrook ...

Health systems have a lot to gain from clinician education around effective communication with non-English-speaking patients. In 2013, more than 61 million people in the US reported speaking a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BALTIMORE — Diabetes care and education specialists must provide more resources and services in American Sign ...

Members of the Deaf Diabetes Can Together Community Advisory Board (CAB) are working with University of Utah Health researchers to co-design health care for the Deaf community. Navigating health care ...

Language barriers significantly limit access to health care for U.S. residents with limited English proficiency — a population of over 25 million people nationwide, including more than 500,000 in ...

WINONA, Minn. — When Nayeli Badillo became pregnant 14 years ago, she sought out prenatal care. She found her doctor's visits came with a big hurdle: a language barrier. "We didn't know that there ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A day care in Bucktown has been ...

Many New Jersey medical providers lack training to properly treat patients with disabilities. One med school now pairs ...

As an integral part of their daily routine, infants at a childcare center in Broken Arrow are being taught American Sign Language to express their needs and reduce frustration, leading to enhanced ...

Queens officials rallied for a bill requiring all hospitals to provide language access services, including interpreters and ...