For the first time, Puerto Rican Sign Language will be in the spotlight on one of the country’s biggest stages.

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But beyond gender and racial disparities, another group remains critically underrepresented: the Deaf community. Despite the talent within the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing population, opportunities in ...