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 ...

Approximately one million people in the US use American Sign Language to communicate. And that means there’s good reason for you to learn it too, even if you don’t personally know anyone who’s deaf.

LA CRESCENT, Minn. - When Austin King-Henke wants more, all he has to do is ask - something he has been able to do since before he could talk. When Kaj King-Henke, Austin's brother, is finished at the ...

The lack of scientific terms and vocabulary in many of the world’s sign languages can make science education and research careers inaccessible for deaf people and those with hearing loss. Meet the ...

Not so long ago, deaf children were punished in the UK for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I ...

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 ...