How does a person get a name sign — the series ... and show “that sign language has deep cultural significance.” We look at the origins of name signs in deaf culture, including one recently ...

Sign language posters now line the walls of hallways ... “She has brought a culture to our building that we didn’t have before.” The school installed a hearing assistive system and ...

While on set for her new film “CODA,” about the hearing daughter of a deaf family, her American Sign Language master, Anne Tomasetti, gave her a note about the film’s production design that ...

Hurwitz has calmed the culture wars with a schoolwide policy that affirms the primacy of sign language but also posits Gallaudet as a bilingual school. Professors now must prove mastery of sign ...

“We had an overall goal to teach some sign language with broader concepts like deaf culture and music theory, in hopes to better explain the nuances of our performances, and encourage more inter ...

Worse, high schools may stop offering it altogether, robbing the education system of the beautiful history and culture of ASL. American Sign Language is an engaging visual language that unlocks ...

Chris Johnson was 30 years old the first time he was introduced to American Sign Language while attending ... A common misconception is that it's language without culture, when in fact there's ...

"I had gone to a couple of powwows, you know, kind of trying to learn more about the culture," she recalls. She said it was difficult because she needed sign language interpreters to understand ...

While on set for her new film “CODA,” about the hearing daughter of a deaf family, her American Sign Language master ... story that felt true to the culture.” The term DASL dates back ...