In the ballroom on the ninth floor of One Silber Way, students and faculty danced and partied together, but barely anyone spoke aloud. Instead, people were almost exclusively using American Sign ...

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

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 ...

Three decades ago, I was flagged as needing special education services because I had a Deaf parent. The teachers found gaps in my academic and linguistic development. I received those services for six ...

Language can be complex. While Spanish and English have several universal elements, when breaking them down, there are thousands of nuances depending on the country they’re spoken in. The same theory ...