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 ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America would ...

These sites are clearly among the most comprehensive on the free web: AQEPA - A collection of resources for people with hearing problems, including courses. Sign Language Basics - Featuring the ...

Megan Goncher describes some days in her life as a dream where she can see everything going on around her, but she cannot hear or communicate with anyone. This scenario is what Goncher, a 26-year-old ...

Viewers who tune into the Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday will be treated to an unusual performance of “America the Beautiful,” which will be told, in part, through Native American sign language.

A Harford County day care is teaching American Sign Language, or ASL, to its students as young as 6 weeks old to help them communicate and develop empathy for others. The Learning Experience, a Bel ...