Teaching a child sign language for words like “more,” “all gone,” or “thank you” can make it easier for them to communicate and express emotions. Share on Pinterest Most children begin to talk around ...

Post written by François Grosjean. All language scientists have a wow moment in their profession. Mine was when I was introduced to sign language and to the world of the Deaf. I was simply overwhelmed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Along with jet packs and hover boards, a machine to translate from any language to any other is so appealing as a fantasy that people are willing to overlook clunky prototypes as long as they can ...

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has filed a federal lawsuit against the White House over a lack of American Sign Language interpreters at media briefings. The NAD says the White House ...

A federal judge ordered the White House Tuesday to immediately provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at all press briefings conducted by President Trump or press secretary Karoline ...

Usually, ordering coffee means raised voices at the counter — cashiers calling out, customers leaning in, everyone talking over each other to decide between this or that. It’s a noisy ritual familiar ...