Gary and Sophia are among the growing number of children throughout the U.S. who have enrolled in American Sign Language classes. Sign language, once considered the sole province of the deaf, is ...

Long before my wife Claudia and I had our son, Rupert, 16 months ago, we’d already discussed the importance of bringing him up with both speech and sign language from birth (should he be born hearing) ...

Is it possible to teach manners to a pre-verbal toddler? Absolutely — you might be surprised to learn it’s easier than you think. If you’ve been using sign language with your little one from a young ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Babies have a unique way of expressing themselves long before they utter their first words. To give them a head start, a daycare center in Mount Pleasant is developing ...

A few months ago, my 1 year old son started whining. For the first five seconds of his moans, I frantically looked around for what he could possibly want. I came up empty-handed. Fearing his whines ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDEPENDENCE, OHIO (WJW) – An Independence ...

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 ...

FOXBORO – More young children are learning to express themselves through sign language at day cares in Massachusetts. "Imagine having all these big feelings and no way to get it out," said Jessica ...

University of Waterloo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Waterloo provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. When you consider how children ...

A sign language law passed a decade ago has “brought significant benefits” to deaf people, a Holyrood committee has said, but ...

New research is stirring fierce debate over the use of sign language among young deaf children who use surgical implants that create a sense of sound. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...