The chief executive of a charity for people with hearing impairments says everyone should learn some basic sign language. Jenni Dawkins from Deafconnect, external, in Northampton, believes people who ...

Communication is one of the biggest gifts of life. Hence difficulty in communication presents big hurdles. A good proportion of persons with a disability experience such hurdles. Fortunately there are ...

It was an incident in a local supermarket which really opened Bradley Buksh’s eyes to the importance of communication. Bradley’s father, who works with him at Integrationale Care in Nelson in Pendle, ...

The SLPI:ASL is a conversational approach to sign language communication skills assessment. The goal of the SLPI:ASL is to assess how well people are able to use sign language for their communication ...

Telecel Ghana has called for the mainstreaming of sign language studies in education and public service delivery to promote inclusive communication and equal access for the Deaf community. The call ...

Many assume that sign language is exclusively for the hearing-impaired and those affiliated with this community, and therefore see no need to learn it. Others might be daunted by the complexity of the ...

Every year, the International Day of Sign Languages is observed to recognise the importance of sign language in preserving the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of deaf communities worldwide.

The Federal Government has announced a new policy to institutionalise the teaching and learning of sign language in all basic education schools across Nigeria, as part of efforts to promote inclusive ...

Rommel Lo of the Dumaguete Effata Association of the Deaf teaches members of the Provincial Council for Disability Affairs about Deaf culture and basic Filipino Sign Language during the province’s ...