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 ...

American Sign Language Day is April 15, and the hashtag #ASL has gained billions of views on social media since 2023. What's spiked viewers' interest? The work of ASL interpreters has gone viral and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The popularity of teaching sign language to babies has exploded over the past several years. Who wouldn’t want their wee ones to be able to tell them they’d like their blanket, more juice or a pair of ...

When Erin Cook began teaching her kindergarten students sign language, it was primarily to assist learning the alphabet. But then she saw the benefits, and it snowballed into something more. Now, her ...

On April 15, 1817, the American School for the Deaf opened. That date is now marked every year by ASL Day. Today, around one million people use American Sign Language (ASL) as their main way to ...

ASL is a complete and complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body. ASL is the language of the Deaf community in the United ...