Limping Chicken are sharing a range of lay summaries for research by DCAL (Deafness Cognition and Language Centre), here is the first post: Robert Adam explains how deaf people often write or ...

A sign language law passed a decade ago has “brought significant benefits” to deaf people, a Holyrood committee has said, but MSPs are “concerned” about a lack of access for young people. The British ...

More needs to be done to support young people in Scotland when it comes to sign language. That's according a committee which is part of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. A sign language law was ...

SOME weeks ago, some persons with disabilities gathered along major roads in Lagos over the closure of a school serving their community. They cited that the closure of the school is a restriction on ...

You may know Nyle DiMarco from America's Next Top Model, where he was crowned the victor of the show's 22nd season, in 2015. You may have seen DiMarco demonstrate perfect rhythm on Dancing With the ...

The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. All people have ...

Turnover and profits have risen in the latest accounts for a private equity-backed language technology company in a "year of real momentum", boosted by the acquisition of a sign language specialist.

MUMBAI: On Tuesday evening, as visitors streamed into the Artists’ Centre in Kala Ghoda, something unusual marked the opening of the exhibition Echoes of Silence. Instead of the familiar buzz of ...

Tucked away in trendy East London in a converted old train car is the Dialogue Express Café. The coffee shop is run entirely by deaf and hard-of-hearing staff. Owner Hakan Elbir, an advocate for ...

Crow historians Oly Hugs, right, and William Big Day share a conversation during the Plains Indian Sign Language program at the Western Heritage Center on Thursday. Big Day told a story in sign ...

Sign language is an interesting past, with its origins extending much further back than recorded time. Researchers envision that early humans likely used gestures to communicate silently when hunting ...