While many people think of sign language as a tool used to aid people with a disability, a University of Massachusetts professor proves that this system of hand motions is a beneficial tool to teach ...

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 ...

At Chippewa Valley High School the world language class selections include Spanish, French and German, but a new club is now expanding language offerings in a whole different direction: American Sign ...

An illustration of scientist signing the word science The American Sign Language sign for ‘science’ is two closed fists with thumbs angled down, and each hand moves in small circles in opposite ...

Baseball coaches and players use sign language all the time — the catcher communicating what kind of pitch to throw or the third-base coach giving base-runners the cue for a double-steal. On Aug. 22, ...

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 ...

GOSSIP TIME: Marianne van der Haas, left, is learning sign language from Sonia Pivac and says her vocabulary is getting better so she can now start to communicate with deaf people. Photo: Photo: JASON ...

Virtual reality isn’t all about legless avatars and forgettable games. Case in point, members of the deaf community are now taking advantage of modern headsets’ increasingly sophisticated hand ...

It’s not always easy for Christians who are deaf or hard of hearing to find services and Masses, but some churches are ...

Cue the tears 😭 — this groom just set the bar sky-high for wedding day gestures. Zachary Swain pulled off the ultimate surprise during his wedding ceremony by delivering his entire set of vows in ...