Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

These days, a major world event can’t happen without an accompanying meme. During Hurricane Sandy, the new social media star is Lydia Callis, the American Sign Language interpreter who appears next to ...

The deaf community was plagued by racial segregation, so Black Americans decided to create their own rendition of the language to serve their communities. “Sinners” premiered on MAX on July 4 in its ...

Big Ocean, a boy band whose members are deaf or hard of hearing, has found success with a mix of singing and signing. By Ephrat Livni Like other K-pop sensations, Big Ocean sings, raps, dances and ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus, a leading sign language accessibility firm offering education-focused interpreting, today announced the launch of CirrusTranslate, a revolutionary new ...

Sign languages can help reveal hidden aspects of the logical structure of spoken language, but they also highlight its limitations because speech lacks the rich iconic resources that sign language ...

This year, the Tony awards introduced the world to something most had never seen before: a musical told entirely through sign language. Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening was performed by deaf ...

A Belfast man who has been profoundly deaf since birth has said that he hopes his new initiative to help the public learn sign language while waiting in queues will make the city more accessible for ...