Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Warner Bros. Discovery's product and events team sought training and consultation from partner organizations including Deaf West Theatre and RespectAbility to allow deaf people to experience the ...

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

Would Matthew Tkachuk get there? Anyone watching the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers could feel the tension and anticipation as the Panthers’ Tkachuk sprinted ...

Leila Hanaumi, a deaf performer and writer, interpreted sign language for the ASL version of Barbie, now streaming on Max. (Warner Bros.) Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is setting a new precedent for Deaf ...

NEW YORK-- Noah Blankenship sat inside a studio in the NHL offices in Manhattan before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday pumped and ready to go. "Control, are you ready?" Blankenship said in ...