Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Nikki Kissane, a 21-year-old student graduating from the University of Virginia, has submitted for her student thesis a simplified signing language. The language is made up of simple gestures ...

Student Derick Jackson communicates with DISD’s Director of Health and Physical Education Lisa Whitaker through sign language at a summer camp at Harry Stone Montessori in Dallas, June 16, 2025. The ...

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 ...

American Sign Language isn’t a translation of English. It’s a language with its own grammar and idioms. Sign language speakers also have their own accents. Learn how this language, like every other, ...

L-R: The team of Sign-Speak. Yami Payano, CEO, Nikolas Kelly, CPO, and Nicholas Wilkins, CTO. Source: AWS Sign-Speak, an AI startup co-founded by Yamillet Payano and Nikolas Kelly, is working to close ...