CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some professions are misunderstood and one of them is sign language interpreting. Just because you know sign language doesn't mean you can qualify as an interpreter. Columbia College ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hip-hop ASL interpreter Matt Maxey is bringing communities together through music. As the founder of DEAFinitely Dope, Maxey works to bridge the gap between deaf culture and hip-hop culture, a mission ...

AT NOON. YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER IS SIGN LANGUAGE AWARENESS MONTH. AND TODAY WE ARE JOINED WITH RED RESENTATIVES FROM UNO. WE HAVE JULIE DEL MILLER, JONATHAN SHERLING AND SEAN SHANNON TO TALK ABOUT THE ...

December 3 marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a reminder of the global need for inclusion, ...

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An illustration of scientist signing the word science The American Sign Language sign for ‘science’ is two closed fists with thumbs angled down, and each hand moves in small circles in opposite ...

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 ...