Bader Alsharif, the first author, demonstrates how the system spells out names and locations in real time using American Sign Language. For millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals around the ...

While beginners may want to save time and money by turning to online resources to learn sign language, Elizabeth Castellvi, ...

Growing up in Ethiopia, Zahria Ruper couldn’t communicate with her Deaf brother. But, life-changing experiences, including being adopted in the United States and learning American Sign Language from ...

Communication is essential in our everyday life. It helps us understand others, express our wants and needs, solve problems, and build relationships. We tend to communicate through speech, body ...

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

Gideon Firl portrays Jesus in a crowd scene from “Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film,” the first move of its kind to be produced in American Sign Language. The film will be released this month and shown ...