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 ...

As students in the University’s American Sign Language program enter their classroom, they immediately fall silent. The mode of communication shifts from vocal chords and shaped lips to hand gestures ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

When David Player ’19 (sociology/anthropology) was a student at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 2015, he became fascinated with how race, identity, and language, specifically sign ...

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program, housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science at the University of Colorado! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community ...

ASL is a complete and complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body. ASL is the language of the Deaf community in the United ...