“It’s a fun language to learn,” said fifth-grader Keziah Burman. “It’s hard to remember, is all.” Keziah and fellow fifth-grader London Callender are among the many ASL club members who joined so they ...

For Weinberg sophomore Elia Silbey, enrolling at Northwestern meant the end of their American Sign Language journey. After two years of studying it in high school, they said the University’s limited ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

The first time I saw someone use sign language was, without a doubt, in a local production of The Miracle Worker. I don't remember it precisely, but I know I saw The Miracle Worker, and I know they ...

If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, the benefits would be extraordinary. It would not only eradicate the biggest ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Learning ASL is different from learning orally spoken and written languages. We've vetted the best ASL sites to help you start signing today. I'm an expert in software and work-related issues, and I ...

ASL is a complete and complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body. ASL is the language of the Deaf community in the United ...