Mandarin Chinese and Spanish are among the most widely spoken languages in the world. And now those global numbers will tick up a bit in Little Rock. The newly redesigned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

The show's creative and Deaf-led consultant teams talk to The Hollywood Reporter about their process for animating ASL and the decision to credit sign over artist Shaylee Mansfield. By Abbey White ...