With the aid of her twisting, beaming face and unyielding eye contact, Bethany Hultz's hands tell stories. The Ferris teacher of American Sign Language, or ASL, learned to sign in fifth grade while ...

Imagine a world where spoken words simply won’t do—a world where silence gives birth to a new language, shaped not by sound, ...

Sign language has one great advantage over the spoken word, Rose Ayling-Ellis explained in her deafness documentary Old Hands, New Tricks earlier this month. Every gesture resonates with emotion.