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Sign language

Olga Sviridenko (left), who is deaf, signs with her family at a shelter in Romania. 

Navigating war without sound: Ukraine’s deaf refugees

Refugees

Romania’s local deaf community in Botoșani has welcomed at least 200 deaf people from Ukraine since the war began. They are focused on getting people to safety and ensuring that up-to-date information is available for sign language speakers.

Christine Sun Kim is shown signing and standing in front of her art featuring a pie chart titled "Shit Hearing People Say To Me."

Artist Christine Sun Kim on ‘deaf rage,’ the Super Bowl and the power of sound

Arts, Culture & Media
Sign language in India

With a deaf community of millions, hearing India is only just beginning to sign

Justice
An octopus displays pale color and stretches out one arm before it withdraws from an approaching octopus. The approaching octopus displays dark color, stands tall, and spreads its web and arms.

Is there such a thing as octopus sign language?

Science
Two high ranking male chimps bond.

A ‘lexicon’ of chimp gestures may tell us things about our own language

Environment

On the ball field there’s only one language that matters — baseball

Sports

Japanese baseball player Koji Uehara is pitching for the Red Sox this World Series. And while Uehara may not be fluent in English, he has no problem communicating on the field without an interpreter by his side. So how does he speak with his teammates?

Interpreting music into American Sign Language

Arts, Culture & Media

An American Sign Language interpreter explains the artistry that goes into translating songs like Aerosmith’s “Dream On” into sign language.

Expanding the Sign Language Lexicon for Science

Regardless of the state of the law, people with disabilities have been finding their own way in the able-bodied world for some time. Here’s a case of how technology is addressing an old challenge for deaf people.   In a highly technical field where terminology and vocabulary are highly specialized, how do you communicate efficiently? Sign […]

American Sign Language on the Brink of Extinction

American Sign Language could be a dying form of communication, thanks to dwindling education funding and technological alternatives.  Many deaf people are adamant that sign language will always be essential, but state budget cuts are threatening to close schools that teach it.  This adds to the existing debate in the deaf community, between those who  communicate with sounds […]