The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took one ...

“I’m sorry for participating in the deaf apocalypse.” For a hearing friend and me, this line, delivered in sign language, became a running gag early in the pandemic. She and I had moved in as ...

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke. By Sam Corbin Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

After springing to the end zone for a 73-yard touchdown last week, DK Metcalf celebrated not with a dance or by spiking the football. Instead he dropped the ball, then signed the phrase, "standing on ...

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.

Every Tuesday, Seattle Seahawks star DK Metcalf sits down in front of his computer. But he's not just watching film or highlights, like his 73-yard touchdown reception in Week 13, where he hit 22.23 ...

A woman who experienced the indignity of being "spat on" for communicating in sign language has found renewed confidence and independence thanks to her hearing dog, Damson. Alison Wallace, 28, from ...

Courtney, a hearing mom whose husband is deaf, shared a video teaching her child how to sign Our Signed World/TikTok (2) Courtney, a hearing mom whose husband is deaf, shared a video teaching her ...