PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon cafe that takes orders in sign language has become a cherished space for the Deaf community, providing a unique gathering place as well as employment for those who are ...

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke. By Sam Corbin Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive ...

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 ...

The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display. Abby Haroun performing at the Guggenheim on Wednesday night. Among her poems was one ...

While working at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., the late cognitive neuroscientist Ursula Bellugi discovered that, much like spoken language, sign language was made up ...

(RNS) — Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder ...

Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned sign language, died on Thursday. Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, has died at the age of ...

DK Metcalf ran faster than any NFL ball carrier in three-plus years on a touchdown in his most recent game. He amplified his celebration of the score by doing...American Sign Language. Turns out, the ...

Two summers ago, Zach Swain took his future father-in-law, Paul, to shoot some hoops, but he had an ulterior motive — he wanted to ask permission to marry Paul's daughter, Hallie Kulick. “He was like, ...