How a Visual Language Evolves as Our World Does Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language.

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 American Sign Language, finding a visual way to represent an inner identity can be complicated, and the Deaf community hasn’t reached consensus on many signs.

A signed performance of “America the Beautiful” will feature Native American sign language, which thrived for centuries but is fading from memory.

American Sign Language (ASL) is a fully developed visual language that is used by members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in the United States and parts of Canada. It has grammar, syntax, ...

American Sign Language The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf ...

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 ...

American sign language (ASL) is a visual language using hand gestures, facial expressions, and body movements, primarily used by the Deaf community in North America.

How American Sign Language Connects People American Sign Language Day recognizes the first school that opened for the deaf, in 1817. Kraig Klingenberg’s road to teaching the popular new American Sign ...

Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre's musical production reopens Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum in October.