blog posts U. of I. students' startup takes a game-based approach to STEM education for the deaf Dec 2, 2024 2:45 pm by TechCrunchIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images TechCrunch (Nov. 29) Working in a lab with deaf scientists, Jawed 'saw that the biggest gap in the language was in STEM. Around 10% of Americans are deaf or hard of hearing, but only around 0.1% are in STEM fields.' Share on Facebook Tweet Email