A mom who thought her toddler loved meeting a mall Santa discovered he was signaling for help after looking at a snap of his encounter. Kerry Spencer had taught her kids to baby sign before they could ...

Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

A 17-year-old acted quickly when he saw smoke coming from an apartment near his mom's house. He ran to help two people struggling to escape the top floor -- including a woman who was deaf. Thankfully, ...

How often have you wished so badly that you could understand what your baby is trying to convey? When your little one cries, you know they need something, but you have gone through all the essentials ...

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Through his work with Atlanta-based company Deafinitely Dope, rapper, educator, and Hull, Ga. native Shawn Self has used his life experiences as a deaf person to spread American Sign Language (ASL), ...

We all sometimes stare at our bawling baby and wish they could just tell us what they need… but what if that was actually possible? What if our tiny child, whose voice box is not yet mature enough to ...