The current class of NYPD recruits — 600 strong — learned basic American Sign Language as part of their training, enabling them to better communicate with deaf people during emergencies. Jessica ...

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 ...

American Sign Language has been around since 1817, but plenty of parents and concerned citizens are still back in the Dark Ages when it comes to realizing just how valuable ASL can be for kids. And ...

INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — David Geeslin can still remember what it felt like to start learning American Sign Language as a ...

American Sign Language (ASL) is the most common language used by the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, there are more than half a million people who use ...

There are over 72 million Deaf people and 466 million people with hearing loss worldwide. Yet, accessing basic sign language instruction remains complex, pricey and exclusive. This is especially true ...

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OLATHE, Kan. — Recently, there has been a push in the local deaf community to increase the use of American Sign Language beyond the deaf and hard of hearing. At Olathe Public Schools, high schoolers ...

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program, housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science at the University of Colorado! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. As someone who was born with the ability to hear and develop speech patterns with ease, communicating with ...

It’s never too late to learn a language. And what better day to take up a new tongue than the International Day of Sign Languages? The holiday celebrates the 300-plus different sign languages used by ...