Melissa Radigraff, who has been a program leader for three years and works with the infant classes, said she has seen reduced ...

Students at UW-Madison gathered more than 2,000 signatures on an online petition fighting to preserve American Sign Language ...

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 ...

Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

TikToker Veronica Ochoa posted a sweet video of her son, Mark, using American Sign Language to communicate with Indianapolis ...

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, ...

The language I grew up hearing was flexible and fluid. It was playful and rhythmic. It made no sense and perfect sense. When you stand between two worlds, you can feel neither here nor there. Growing ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was attending a powwow at the Mashantucket Western Pequot reservation in Connecticut when she noticed signs in the Pequot language. Carbone ...

Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on the ...

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for Everyone.” That was a lot longer than it’s typically taken him to write his dozens ...