Many new parents can relate to the frustration of trying to figure out the exact needs of their baby. Are they hungry? Do they need changed? Whether it's a piercing wail to have their diaper checked, ...

New standards for teaching American Sign Language in kindergarten through 12th grade have been released by Gallaudet University’s Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. The standards act as a ...

Kansas educators are taking steps to improve the teaching of American Sign Language and putting it on par with other world languages taught in public schools. The Kansas State Board of Education on ...

We can all go on and on about the importance of learning another language. It's usually offered in grade school but then somewhere along the line doesn't become mandatory and many don't maintain what ...

Katie Mingus, 17 months old, uses the sign for ‘drink’ as she sits on her father Russ’ lap at their Tacoma, Wash., home. Parents can begin communicating early with babies by teaching them sign ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — College professors teaching specialty courses have had a tough time shifting to a new learning model in the face of COVID-19. But one University of Central Florida professor had ...

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 ...

IVANHOE, Calif. (KFSN) -- 8-year-old Sophia learned American Sign Language at the Boys and Girls Club in Ivanhoe. "It was fun for me but I don't know about the other kids," she says. In February, Unit ...

In honor of American Sign Language Day on April 15, NBC News' Rehema Ellis spotlights a New York school that is teaching ASL to more students in a dual-language ...