We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – It is no secret that it is important to be inclusive, and students and staff at Nansemond Parkway Elementary School in Suffolk take inclusivity seriously. In Kari Maskelony’s ...

When Darrell Utley began his first American Sign Language lesson with a new student, he didn't realize his client was a star football player. "I had no idea what his walk of life was. I just knew he ...

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America would ...

HAZLETON – Jeanette Ovens moved her hands and fingers to show words in American sign language as young people copied her, interlocking thumbs and waiving fingerings for “butterfly,” karate chopping a ...

When she was younger, Anastasia Patricks would often sit down and watch dramas to relax – she didn’t expect to be called on to make a change. After watching the Japanese drama Orange Days, in which a ...

Fourteen little hands wiggled in the air as teacher Kiara Yancy brought her thumb, pointer and middle finger close to her head. The American Sign Language educator placed her thumb on her ear and bent ...

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.