Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

More than 90 percent of deaf children in the U.S. are born to hearing parents. For them, the path forward can be difficult and also controversial. The advent of cochlear implant technology has the ...

CAMBRIDGE – Last fall, the preschoolers’ Head Start classroom in this village featured a lot of screaming arguments. While each fight was rooted in typical preschooler problems - sharing, taking turns ...

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 ...