The accident caused a traumatic brain injury that dramatically changed her life, leaving her struggling to speak. Before the ...

Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.

More needs to be done to support young people in Scotland when it comes to sign language. That's according a committee which is part of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. A sign language law was ...

A sign language law passed a decade ago has “brought significant benefits” to deaf people, a Holyrood committee has said, but MSPs are “concerned” about a lack of access for young people. The British ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A tree sculpture made by pupils and a deaf artist that "captures the joy of sign language" has been unveiled in the reception of a school for deaf children. The huge artwork, called 'Hand in Hand', ...

Tucked away in trendy East London in a converted old train car is the Dialogue Express Café. The coffee shop is run entirely by deaf and hard-of-hearing staff. Owner Hakan Elbir, an advocate for ...

Money has poured in for a young Doncaster mum left totally deaf due to a rare genetic condition – with the cash being used to help her learn sign language so she can communicate with her son.

Pupils and staff at Yardley Hastings Primary School are learning to communicate in a new way this term — through British Sign ...

Melissa Radigraff, who has been a program leader for three years and works with the infant classes, said she has seen reduced ...

The Learning Experience in Cape Coral is incorporating sign language into daily learning for infants, toddlers, and ...