Name signs offer deaf individuals an alternative way to identify themselves in the Deaf community Name signs, nickname-like signs given to individuals by family, friends and peers in the Deaf ...

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 ...

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America would ...

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 ...

Man. Or rather, my name is Mẫn. But call me Man, as in the word— wait for it — “man.” Surprising, huh? Within the Anglosphere, feel free to call me Man. What’s the origin of a name? Well, my name’s ...