The current class of NYPD recruits — 600 strong — learned basic American Sign Language as part of their training, enabling them to better communicate with deaf people during emergencies. Jessica ...

In any community, language is the most important method for communicating with others. However, for a deaf person like me, it is difficult to connect with many people and speak in the same ways. This ...

David Geeslin can still remember what it felt like to start learning American Sign Language as a toddler. “My world became ...

Butler University is set to launch a new online master’s program in Deaf education this fall, aimed at training teachers to ...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding its representation of the deaf and hard of hearing community. Hawkeye reveals Clint Barton’s time around loud explosions as an Avenger led to some hearing ...

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 ...

OLATHE, Kan. — Recently, there has been a push in the local deaf community to increase the use of American Sign Language beyond the deaf and hard of hearing. At Olathe Public Schools, high schoolers ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. As someone who was born with the ability to hear and develop speech patterns with ease, communicating with ...

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program, housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science at the University of Colorado! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community ...

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