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 ...

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 ...

I am two months into Harvard’s ASL 1 course, and I’ve finally racked up enough signs and confidence to clumsily string ...

Kraig Klingenberg’s road to teaching the popular new American Sign Language course at Duke was circuitous. In grade school Klingenberg had a classmate whose mom was Deaf, and he became interested in ...

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 ...

Deaf people are at three times higher risk for diabetes, but access to health information in ASL is limited. The first diabetes information website primarily in ASL has launched. The site includes ...

Learn how to effectively communicate in ASL and increase your cultural and linguistic understanding of the Deaf Community and Deaf culture. Purdue University is dedicated to providing comprehensive ...

In any community, language is the most important method for communicating with others. However, for a deaf person like me, it is difficult to connect with many people and speak in the same ways. This ...