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 ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, the benefits would be extraordinary. It would not only eradicate the biggest ...

Digital media is changing language — sometimes rapidly. We explore the example of American Sign Language. By David Leonhardt On a train ride from New York to Connecticut last fall, my colleague Amanda ...