MANSFIELD — An intern who won a national award for creating a sign language pocket guide for the town police department says she hopes to get other police agencies to use the booklet. Catherine ...

Grayson, chair of the New School University's department of sign language, created this massive reference in the hopes of "making it easier to understand, duplicate and remember the vocabulary" of ...

MANSFIELD — A police intern who trained local officers and civilian employees in American Sign Language and produced a pocket guide for the department has won a national award for her work. Catherine ...

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 ...

Ensuring d/Deaf children become bilingual in sign language and English should be a key priority for policymakers and teachers because this plays an important role in their education, a new study says.

First finished Scripture for deaf people prompts attention to global need. The completion of the first sign language Bible translated from the original languages prompted cheers and celebrations in ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On April 15, 1817, the American School for the Deaf opened. That date is now marked every year by ASL Day. Today, around ...