A three-year-old deaf boy is being told by Nebraska educators he has to change his sign language name, because the hand gesture looks too much like he's pointing a weapon. Hunter Spanjer signs his ...

The parents of a 3-year-old deaf boy from Nebraska say his preschool told them he must change the way he signs his name because it looks like a finger-pistol, but the school says the family has their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deaf community has been unable to unify around a single American Sign Language name for President-elect Joe Biden. (Drew ...

Here is another entry for your “We couldn’t make this crap up if we tried” folder. 3-year-old Hunter Spanjer was told by a Nebraska school district to change his personalized, ...

Three-and-a-half year old Hunter Spanjer, who is deaf, signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down. To his family, friends and those who know the Signing ...

To understand the process of name signing, a Times team turned to people who knew it best. By Sarah Bahr Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into ...

A toddler’s parents say they were asked to change their son’s sign language name, but the school says it never did that.

There is a conversation happening in the deaf community post-election about how to shorten President-elect Joe Biden’s name to become part of the colloquial American Sign Language, according to ...

Deaf Americans are picking a new name for President-elect Joe Biden, shorthand that would replace B-I-D-E-N in colloquial American Sign Language. But many have taken to social media this week to ...