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.

An unsettling, enthralling mix of puppetry, circus, and sign language - 4/5 London’s Royal Court Theatre hosts an innovative ...

American Sign Language has a long history in the United States. It goes back almost 200 years, to 1817, when a minister named Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet brought Laurent Clerc, a teacher of the Deaf ...

American Sign Language isn’t a translation of English. It’s a language with its own grammar and idioms. Sign language speakers also have their own accents. Learn how this language, like every ...

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.

Sign language isn't a requirement for communication development. But it can help bridge the gap between when children start understanding language at about 8 or 9 months and when they're able to begin ...

Seattle Seahawks star DK Metcalf is as motivated in his ASL lessons as he is on the football field. We talked to his instructor.

As interest in baby sign language has grown over the years, more workshops have popped up across the country, where parents hope to bridge that frustrating communication gap with children as young ...

Sign Language Bible Translations Have Something to Say to Hearing Christians Jost Zetzsche and Ruth Anna Spooner You don’t need to know the language to be moved by the translation.