When David Player ’19 (sociology/anthropology) was a student at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 2015, he became fascinated with how race, identity, and language, specifically sign ...

It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...

The first ASL performance was in 1992 during Super Bowl XXVI in Minneapolis and the league has continued it every year since. Super Bowl LIX will feature deaf Puerto Rican actress Stephanie Nogueras ...

“Because ASL was developed by Deaf people themselves and has evolved over the years, it is culturally bound to the Deaf ...