Tag: sign language
Sep. 23 is International Day of Sign Languages
September 23 is the United Nations’ International Day of Sign Languages and this year’s theme is “We Sign for Human Rights.” The result of a 2017 initiative by the World Federation of the Deaf...
Signing Rights for All
During this week, the International
Week of the Deaf, each day of the week has a specific focus under the main theme
of “Sign Language Rights for All!”
Monday, 23 September - Sign Language Rights for...
Sign Language Reveals Secrets of Spoken Language
According to a new study, sign languages can help reveal hidden aspects of the logical structure of spoken language, but they also highlight its limitations because speech lacks the rich iconic resources that sign...
New Eye Language Helps Paralyzed People Communicate
A new language called Blink to Speak aims to improve the lives of people with paralysis and have difficulty with speech, and recently won the Health Grand Prix for Good at the Cannes Lions...
Koko, Signing Gorilla, Dies at 46
Koko—the gorilla known for her extraordinary mastery of sign language, and as the primary ambassador for her endangered species—passed away yesterday morning in her...
Sign-Language Leads to Better Peripheral Vision
A new report in Frontiers in Psychology found that deaf adults who use British Sign Language (BSL) had significantly faster peripheral vision reaction time than non-deaf BSL language interpreters and that the interpreters had...