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 ...

The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

American Sign Language The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf ...

The Trump administration argues sign language at press events violate the President’s “prerogative to control the image he ...

A federal judge ordered the White House Tuesday to immediately provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at all press briefings conducted by President Trump or press secretary Karoline ...

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued an order last month requiring the White House to provide real-time ASL interpretation for ...

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 administration is pushing back on a lawsuit seeking to ensure that interpreters are included at White House events by suggesting that the accommodation is incompatible with the president's image.

Advocates argue that removing ASL interpreters denies deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans the ability to fully participate in civic life. Federal disability law requires reasonable accommodations to ...