The idea of babies and toddlers talking and reading can seem incredible, but language and literacy skills get an early boost when adults introduce simple sign language to little ones. Learning to Read ...

Bader Alsharif, the first author, demonstrates how the system spells out names and locations in real time using American Sign Language. For millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals around the ...

SALISBURY — Learning to communicate not vocally but using signs was the lesson of the day Saturday in the infant room at the Yadkin Path Montessori School on Bringle Ferry Road, a lesson geared toward ...

We all sometimes stare at our bawling baby and wish they could just tell us what they need… but what if that was actually possible? What if our tiny child, whose voice box is not yet mature enough to ...

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.

Here is a truly magical moment from The Happiest Place on Earth. Olive Crest is an organization that serves over 3,500 at-risk kids and families throughout California, Nevada and Washington. On one of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lately, we’ve seen theater become more and more accessible for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Television shows are hiring more actors who are deaf and even have their own ...

RENTON, Wash. — Back in the summer, long before it became a way to quietly send a message, DK Metcalf decided he wanted to learn more about a class on American Sign Language he took in college. He saw ...

It's basketball season, March Madness time. Member station WVTF's Sandy Hausman attended one NCAA game and sent back this report. (SOUNDBITE OF BUZZER) SANDY HAUSMAN, BYLINE: This game between women ...