Digital media is changing language — sometimes rapidly. We explore the example of American Sign Language. By David Leonhardt On a train ride from New York to Connecticut last fall, my colleague Amanda ...

The project’s goal is to create an American Sign Language (ASL) data resource that focuses on documenting visual prosody, which includes, for example, non-manual markers that convey meaning and ...

Activism has been on the rise lately. Movements are gaining traction. More and more people are showing up, raising their voices and demanding change. But what happens when you can’t raise your voice ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) ─ You might not recognize the name Arkady Belozovsky, but if you’ve been watching Gov. Gina Raimondo’s daily press briefings, you’ll surely recognize his face. Belozovsky is ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District board passed a controversial resolution in May that places deaf and hard of hearing children in a bilingual American Sign Language and English program. But ...

Did you know that, according to the World Health Organization, by 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss? This staggering statistic highlights the urgency of ...

When director Cherien Dabis was prepping to helm the near-silent seventh episode of Hulu comedy “Only Murders in the Building,” actor James Caverly, who is deaf, steered her toward the 2007 ...

One day, Siri might be able to respond to questions using sign language in the same way she now speaks using voice output. That may happen through work by Matt Huenerfauth and his research team, which ...

Editor’s Note: Lilit Marcus is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), author, and travel editor at CNN.com. Deaf with a capital D is often used to specify the active, proud Deaf community, as opposed to the ...

The second season of HBO’s The Last of Us will include support for American Sign Language when it premieres on Max on April 13, the streaming platform has announced. It will join movies on Max that ...