Keene State College offers students a variety of clubs and organizations to get involved in. One example is the Owl Sign Language Club, a student-run group founded by Angelique Inchierca ’21. This ...

PETERSBURG — Heather Kubitski's life changed because of an adoption that never happened. "My parents wanted to adopt a deaf child, so I wanted to learn to sign, and that was just ingrained in me since ...

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Barbara Bowling has been taught by Joyce Atchison, of Two Harbors, for the past six months. She's learned over 300 signs. Joyce Atchison listens as Barbara Bowling, 97, talks Oct. 25 about learning ...

Some signs are obvious; some are specific to the job; some are funny or describe everyday life. Workers find they use the signs even when at home.

Colette Schudel learned at an early age from her mother, Caitlin, the importance of sign language as a means of communication. The 13-year-old Shore Middle School eighth-grader, who grew up with an ...

James Caverly and Andrew Morrill star as Deaf roommates in their new comedy at the Perelman Performing Arts Center. By Laura Collins-Hughes He created sets and lighting for dozens of productions, ...

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

With increased awareness of the importance of American Sign Language, more opportunities to learn the language have arisen as well. ASL is an integral part of countless lives from birth until death; ...

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The communication is indispensable, especially with multiple saws working at once and pow wow music blasting through ...