Others oppose the rainbow because they say it portrays an idealized experience ... The rise of video-based social media is allowing ASL to spread more rapidly and is empowering the Deaf queer ...

McCaskill said she hopes to see more research done on how Black ASL is being used today as well ... significant project.” “I wouldn't say that it legitimates African American language because ...

A free American Sign Language program at the library is connecting those who have the ability to hear with those who do not. The ASL program at the Marcellus Free Library in Marcellus has been ...

But more is being done to include ASL users. According to NAD, in recent years several government departments have ensured important information reaches the deaf and hard of hearing community by ...

but several scholars say that Black ASL is actually more aligned with early American Sign Language, which was influenced by French sign language. Ms. Smith, whose sign name is Charmay, has a ...

Deaf professors and researchers working in STEM want more opportunities for ASL interpreters to develop ... would benefit everyone, say Woodcock and Campbell. CASLI notes interpreters have ...