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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 ...

Each person has a skill that sets them apart from their peers. Some people can sing or juggle and others know how to dance.

Growing up in Ethiopia, Zahria Ruper couldn’t communicate with her Deaf brother. But, life-changing experiences, including being adopted in the United States and learning American Sign Language from ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners will be the first movie on a streaming platform that will also ...

American Sign Language (ASL) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...

"It felt so free to me. You know, that was who I was. That was my culture." Fifty-eight years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, student J.C.

Students in Sacramento State’s Deaf Studies program now have a dedicated space to practice American Sign Language and collaborate with classmates. Representatives from the ASL Club, right, were among ...

WASHINGTON - A group of Deaf Americans who previously forced the White House to provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings is asking a federal judge to again intervene after ...

In the new documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” there’s a one-of-a-kind scene where the titular actor, who is Deaf, stands in the kitchen with her family. Matlin’s brother tells her there ...

"Learning ASL was important — not just so I could communicate with Paul and Gina, but so that our future family could grow up connected, inclusive, and understood. It’s a moment I’ll carry with me ...