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 ...

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

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 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed daily life for people across the world. With new safety guidelines requiring people to wear masks and practice social distancing and companies changing how they do ...

American Sign Language club members watched as club president, Brynna Hardiman signed common Thanksgiving words at a club meeting Tuesday. Members shouted “Bingo!” as they learned the festive signs.

Willie Ross School for the Deaf in Longmeadow is helping bridge the language barrier by offering sign language classes to ...