Elementary School Throws Deaf Therapy Dog a Surprise Birthday Party as Students Learn Sign Language to Sing ‘Happy Birthday’

Students at an elementary school in New Jersey threw a birthday party for Cole, a 9-year-old deaf therapy dog. Cole's owner, ...
WGLT

At U-High, 'Signing Santa Claus' comes to town to meet students learning ASL

The Bloomington-Normal Deaf Club is bringing holiday festivities to kids who often miss out on some of the fun the season can ...
The Armenian Weekly

Aren Alaverdyan: The hearing child whose native language is sign language

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

‘Feels like a safe place’: IU’s American Sign Language Club supports learning, community

The ASL club has had a presence at Indiana University for over a decade. Led by Debbie Gessinger, a Speech, Language and ...
Gillette News Record

Central Wyoming College educator shares Plains Indian Sign Language

When Dr. Vonda Wells was traveling in Canada last summer, she met an older gentleman who asked her where she was from. When ...
University of Wyoming

American Sign Language (ASL)

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 ...