Once a week, students at Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School close their mouths and talk. They chat about animals, colors and say the Pledge of Allegiance without making a peep. The sign language ...

The very moment Davida Schejbal was born with the ability to hear, her path was already in front of her. As the only member of her immediate family who was not deaf, there was no option in her mind ...

ASL is a complete and complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body. ASL is the language of the Deaf community in the United ...

What started out as a curiosity quickly became a passion for sign language interpreter Kim Martin. Over two decades ago, Martin enrolled in a sign language interpreting class at Santa Fe Community ...

Purdue University’s online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates offer a flexible and enriching way to build foundational language skills while gaining a deeper appreciation for Deaf ...

Across all performative mediums, today’s Deaf creatives are celebrating, protecting and sharing their distinct mode of communication. By Jake Nevins LAST AUGUST, several months into lockdown, Raven ...

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