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 ...

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. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

New research is stirring fierce debate over the use of sign language among young deaf children who use surgical implants that create a sense of sound. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...

Across all performative mediums, today’s Deaf creatives are celebrating, protecting and sharing their distinct mode of communication. By Jake Nevins LAST AUGUST, several months into lockdown, Raven ...

We look at the origins of name signs in deaf culture, including one recently assigned to Vice President Harris. Shortly after the 2020 presidential election, five women joined forces with a mission: ...