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 ...

Not so long ago, deaf children were punished in the UK for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I ...

When masked faces became the norm because of COVID-19, Yale first-year student Chisom Ofomata, who is deaf, sometimes felt lost. Unable to read people’s lips, she wished she was more proficient in ...

EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

A powerful collaboration among two universities and a tech giant is working to develop a mobile app that will enable parents of deaf children to more easily learn American Sign Language. The game is ...

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 ...

It’s more providing a service,” she said. ASL instructor Francesca Carbone-Dicarlo doing sign language while teaching yoga class. The story focuses on ASL yoga classes - one of many different forms of ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

Virtual reality isn’t all about legless avatars and forgettable games. Case in point, members of the deaf community are now taking advantage of modern headsets’ increasingly sophisticated hand ...