Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For Rowan O’Dougherty, American Sign Language is his passion. And, what he’s more passionate about is helping others fall in love with the language he’s been speaking his entire ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

Learning fingerspelling can be a good place to start with American Sign Language, and can be useful to study even if you aren't hearing-impaired. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's ...

Adam Munder is a software engineer. Since 2015, he's been working to bridge the gap between sign language and spoken word. Now, a decade later, he brought it to the TED stage.

So, you want to learn sign language on a budget. You could be motivated by a desire to understand deaf friends better, communicate with relatives who are hard of hearing, or express yourself after ...

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke. By Sam Corbin Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive ...

GREENDALE, Wis. - Word is spreading about an offering at Greendale High School that’s opening up a new world for students. "It really changed my whole life plan," junior Julia Gnadt said. Gnadt is now ...

American Sign Language (ASL) is the most common language used by the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, there are more than half a million people who use ...

State investment board should use its stake in the parent company of the major employer of Video Relay Service interpreters ...

"It felt so free to me. You know, that was who I was. That was my culture." Fifty-eight years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, student J.C.

The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf Community and Deaf culture, ...