Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

One little girl in Dayton, Maine, has unknowingly changed the culture of her entire school when she became the first and only deaf student to attend. Morey Belanger, 6, was diagnosed with a genetic ...

American Sign Language Day is April 15, and the hashtag #ASL has gained billions of views on social media since 2023. What's spiked viewers' interest? The work of ASL interpreters has gone viral and ...

The ASL club has had a presence at Indiana University for over a decade. Led by Debbie Gessinger, a Speech, Language and ...

ASL had been kept out of scientific spaces… and though things have changed, the delay has meant that new STEM terms do not ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most authoritative English dictionary, was compelled to add the word selfie to its pages. And, you know, just as new technology and culture are ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Throughout the pandemic, there are some faces that have become very familiar to us even if we don't realize it. They are on the front lines providing critical information to a ...

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