If you’re interested in learning sign language, apps are an excellent way to start. They’re a convenient and affordable alternative to classes. Plus, you can use them anywhere at any time, whether you’re on the bus or making coffee. Using an app also ...

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language. “She’s like … You’ve got a serious mountain to ...

In any community, language is the most important method for communicating with others. However, for a deaf person like me, it is difficult to connect with many people and speak in the same ways. This is where American Sign Language (ASL) can help to ...

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 what another person says. To communicate with them and ...

NBC Sports, in partnership with the NFL, will present sign language accessibility for Super Bowl LX pregame and halftime entertainment performances on NBCSports.com.

American Sign Language The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf Community and Deaf culture, resulting in increased cultural and linguistic understanding.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Imagine requiring medical attention and not being able to effectively communicate what’s wrong. That’s the reality for some deaf and hard-of-hearing patients. Personnel with the Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) are learning ...

Under the laws, all public bodies will be expected to offer services in sign language to members of the deaf community.

On Sunday night, many Puerto Ricans in the territory’s Deaf community gathered at the Ecos Sports Park in San Juan. The friends, family members and interpreters were tuning into Super Bowl LX, just like millions of people across the country.

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a different, non-verbal, modality and to understand the ...