A mom who thought her toddler loved meeting a mall Santa discovered he was signaling for help after looking at a snap of his encounter. Kerry Spencer had taught her kids to baby sign before they could ...

The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took one ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — "More, please" sounds like a simple enough request, but for many parents understanding when your child wants something isn’t always easy. “I feel like one of the biggest ...

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Cara Daly, 15, spoke with the passenger one letter at a time in his hands. A California teen who recently helped a fellow passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight using sign language said today that ...

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 ...

OWING MILLS, Md. – Every year when Santa comes to town children and their parents line-up to meet the jolly big man – but one Maryland toddler wasn’t having it. Kerry Spencer taught her son the sign ...

Think back to your favorite childhood TV show—was it “Blue’s Clues”? “Little Bear”? “Winnie the Pooh”? Animated TV shows are important for kids because they can teach them to read, draw, spell, and ...

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 ...

Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and annotation. This is the subject of Manolis ...

PARKTON, Md. — Kerry Spencer has an annual Christmas tradition that brings a smile to the faces of her family members, and this year, the public is getting in on the laughs. Spencer, of Parkton, ...