Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

The "clickers" in the "The Last of Us" are zombies whose fungus has grown so infected, it has both blinded them and made ...

As you approach senior year, it becomes harder and harder to choose what classes to take. You may be constrained by the requirements of the major or minor you’re pursuing as you wrap up your ...

One year ago, senior Ellyn Skodack switched her major to communicative sciences and disorders. In making this transition she decided that she wanted to learn American Sign Language, or ASL, a skill ...

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 ...

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

Students in Sacramento State’s Deaf Studies program now have a dedicated space to practice American Sign Language and collaborate with classmates. Representatives from the ASL Club, right, were among ...

For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the differences she noticed between how white people spoke, when compared ...

That’s the first thing a senior American Sign Language lecturer said when I asked her how she felt about her compensation from Penn. I’ve taken ASL at Penn for the past year. Learning how to sign and ...

MARCELLUS, N.Y. — A free American Sign Language program at the library is connecting those who have the ability to hear with those who do not. The ASL program at the Marcellus Free Library in ...

Among the 18 people killed in the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting rampage on Oct. 25 were four deaf men, making for what appears to be the worst mass shooting of deaf people in U.S. history. It's a ...