American sign language (ASL) is a visual language using hand gestures, facial expressions, and body movements, primarily used by the Deaf community in North America.

Shifting to a visual language teaches you that everything you want to say can also be shown. And not quite in the writerly “show not tell” way.

In American Sign Language, finding a visual way to represent an inner identity can be complicated, and the Deaf community hasn’t reached consensus on many signs.

Ursula Bellugi was fixated on how we learn language. Her groundbreaking research on sign language demonstrated the connection between language skills and biology ...

Celebrating and preserving Black American Sign Language ABC News’ Kyra Phillips reports on the origins of Black American Sign Language, and the movement to recognize and preserve a language born ...

Yet many deaf advocates say not teaching sign language is a risky proposition. Pamela Watts of Rhode Island PBS Weekly takes a look at the stark choices some parents face.

Sign Language Bible Translations Have Something to Say to Hearing Christians Jost Zetzsche and Ruth Anna Spooner You don’t need to know the language to be moved by the translation.

Do you want to learn more about American Sign Language and deaf culture? Earn a minor in American Sign Language studies with courses at the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

Sign language interpretation and its talented performers have infiltrated hip-hop in a major way and here, XXL explores how it all works.

Developed by NVIDIA and the American Society for Deaf Children, a new AI-driven website known as Signs invites people to learn how to sign.