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 ...

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 ...

A unique new game show aiming to raise awareness about American Sign Language and the deaf community is being filmed in Pittsburgh. Each episode of the show, dubbed “SignTasTic!,” features two ...

The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges is starting up a new series of sign language classes this week. Director of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services, Susan Nelson, said the classes range in ...

However, he says he had a "fantastic experience" on Hold My Hand and felt he could "genuinely get to know a girl better", ...

(RNS) — Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder ...

Throughout the past decade, sign language interpretation has infiltrated hip-hop in a major way. Talented masters of American Sign Language have transformed their abilities to interpret rappers' ...

A wonder baby is using sign language to communicate with her deaf grandparents. Jane McCullough, a 6-month-old tot, has gone viral after her mom posted a TikTok of her daughter “babbling in sign ...

Under the laws, all public bodies will be expected to offer services in sign language to members of the deaf community.

A video showing Jane McCullough "babbling" sign language to her grandparents has gone viral on TikTok Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon cafe that takes orders in sign language has become a cherished space for the Deaf community, providing a unique gathering place as well as employment for those who are ...