A trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, turned magical for siblings Jabez and Evelyn when they met Buzz Lightyear, who knew American Sign Language.

For 16 years, Kent County’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services has made Christmas accessible to Michigan kids who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing. Their annual “Signing Santa” event returned to ...

There’s a scene in “American Idiot” when Will, a young man about to start a new life in the city with his friends, receives the unexpected news that he’s about to become a father. He gets left behind ...

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 ...

“I didn’t bring my kid to a Chanukah party to have him hear about Santa Claus,” exclaimed one parent, joining several others ...

Indianapolis Colts cheerleader Morgan is proficient in American Sign Language and uses it to connect with fans. She met 8-year-old Mark at Sunday's Colts game who recently moved to the city to attend ...

Rich Oxenham was working at Action on Hearing Loss to assist deaf and hard of hearing people in the United Kingdom while spending his spare time running a Dungeons & Dragons group for local teens.

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures.

American Sign Language (ASL) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...