Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

If there is one thing TikTok is good for, it’s teaching users new information and skills. One 30-minute scroll down the For You Page and you’ve already learned a new recipe, a life hack, even how to ...

Born to deaf parents in a family where he was the fourth generation born without hearing, Harper College instructor Marcos Aguilar was so immersed in Deaf culture as a child that he thought people who ...

“I’m super passionate about American Sign Language (ASL), I’ve always been drawn to it. I found it to be a beautiful language and wanted to learn it.” Since Nikita Sietsema was young, she was ...

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 ...

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 ...

PETERBOROUGH, ON, Sept. 19, 2022 /CNW/ -­­ "Deaf people are the same as hearing people." This is 34-year-old Sara Quick's message during International Week of Deaf People (IWDP), September 19-25.

Hands were flying at Yuba Gardens Intermediate School on Wednesday as eighth-graders continued learning American Sign Language, one poem at a time. "By the end of the year, the shy kids aren't shy ...

"Learning ASL was important — not just so I could communicate with Paul and Gina, but so that our future family could grow up connected, inclusive, and understood. It’s a moment I’ll carry with me ...