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 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — April 15 is National American Sign Language Day. It's a day to celebrate and honor the unique language that is spoken not by mouth but by hand, using gestures and signals. The ...

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

Leila Hanaumi, a deaf performer and writer, interpreted sign language for the ASL version of Barbie, now streaming on Max. (Warner Bros.) Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is setting a new precedent for Deaf ...

The Justice Department is appealing an order for the White House to provide ASL interpretation during press briefings given ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District is poised to vote on a controversial proposal that could reshape education for thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, a key battle in a long national ...

Performed simultaneously in sign language and sung English, a Los Angeles revival of the Green Day musical finds new ways to communicate rage and angst. Otis Jones IV (signer, on the right) and James ...

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 ...