Gallaudet professors and staff featured on NPR's Kojo Nnamdi Show

Image: Pictured from left to right: Kubby Rashid, professor, business; Joseph Murray, assistant professor, ASL and deaf studies; Kojo Nnamdi, host of the Kojo Nnamdi Show; Charles Rielly, research scientist; and Amy Wilson, program director, International Development Programs and associate professor, educational foundations and research. --Photographer Mercy Coogan.

Pictured from left to right: Kubby Rashid, professor, business; Joseph Murray, assistant professor, ASL and deaf studies; Kojo Nnamdi, host of the Kojo Nnamdi Show; Charles Rielly, research scientist; and Amy Wilson, program director, International Development Programs and associate professor, educational foundations and research. --Photographer Mercy Coogan.

On October 3, 2011, National Public Radio WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show explored the current situation for deaf people in the developing world, including the negative and often lifelong consequences if they are not allowed access to early language development.

Learn more about the broadcast and about the steps the show took in ensuring real-time access to the radio broadcast for deaf and hard of hearing audiences through live transcription services and by accepting listener feedback during the broadcast from a variety of messaging platforms.