Mastering American Sign Language is much more than memorizing gestures, volunteer instructor Sheila Johnstone says. The language is practically an art form. “It’s so expressive that it’s almost ...

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.

Savannah Serrano developed a passion for sign language as a young girl. “I’ve always been interested in the language for as long as I remember, maybe fourth or fifth grade,” said Savannah, now 17.

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 ...