FCC mandates broader language support in emergency alerts, including American Sign Language and 13 other languages.

Wireless Emergency Alerts — a national public warning system commonly used by state and local authorities to deliver important information about severe weather, natural disasters, or missing persons ...

From ASL prosody to bilingual education, professor Ronnie Wilbur’s contributions earn her a spot among the Linguistic Society ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The site, Deaf Diabetes Can Together, provides diabetes information in American Sign Language, which is many people's first ...

Two-year-old Ayanna Sanchez was born deaf, so for the toddler’s birthday her whole family learned to sign the American Sign Language version of “Happy Birthday.” Her mom posted the video, which has ...

Baseball coaches and players use sign language all the time — the catcher communicating what kind of pitch to throw or the third-base coach giving base-runners the cue for a double-steal. On Aug. 22, ...