Learning fingerspelling can be a good place to start with American Sign Language, and can be useful to study even if you aren't hearing-impaired. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's ...

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 ...

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A team of deaf engineers known as the "Deafengers" has spearheaded a new Snapchat feature called ASL Alphabet that aims to bridge the divide between the deaf and hearing worlds by helping people learn ...

Snap isn't done teaching Snapchat users how to communicate using sign language. The social media service has introduced an ASL Alphabet Lens that, as the name implies, significantly expands the ...

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Marvel Studios knew this would be a big moment for a lot of people. Ridloof understood she would be a trailblazer in this film as the first deaf superhero that Marvel brought to the big screen. Last ...

Did you know Irish Sign Language (ISL) is the third official language of Ireland along with Irish and English? So, we decided it's time to learn our ABCs with help from Holy Family School for the Deaf ...

Cintas thrives because of its employee-partners, and down in Greenville, South Carolina, the contributions of five deaf ...

Ryan Patterson's award-winning sign language translator uses a leather golf glove with 10 sensors, a micro controller and a radiofrequency transmitter to translate hand signals into printed text.