“Do you guys want to learn how to sign to her what you want for lunch instead of pointing?” Everyone in the class agreed.

“Do you guys want to learn how to sign to her what you want for lunch instead of pointing?” Everyone in the class agreed.

In the hopes of making coffee more accessible to a variety of people, Starbucks has recently opened its first coffee shop in Japan with a 19-person staff fluent in sign language that caters to the hearing impaired.

In the hopes of making coffee more accessible to a variety of people, Starbucks has recently opened its first coffee shop in Japan with a 19-person staff fluent in sign language...

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and are facing difficulties when it comes to communicating with people who have no knowledge of sign language. Roy Allela – a young and ambitious 25-year-old technology enthusiast from Kenya...

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and are facing difficulties when it comes to communicating with people who have no knowledge of sign language. Roy Allela...

Neringa Utaraitė

Children have an incredible capacity for learning, so it makes sense for them to start early. This applies especially to languages; what would be a hell of a struggle for an adult comes just so much easier for a baby and...

Children have an incredible capacity for learning, so it makes sense for them to start early. This applies especially to languages; what would be a hell of a struggle for an...

It seems as if half of the planet's population is going through the football fever with FIFA World Cup 2018 taking place. From a man going out of his way to "attend" the championship, to employing everyone possible just so one...

It seems as if half of the planet's population is going through the football fever with FIFA World Cup 2018 taking place. From a man going out of his way to...

Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

In case you weren't aware, deaf people swear just as much as the rest of us - they're just able to do it a little more discreetly.

In case you weren't aware, deaf people swear just as much as the rest of us - they're just able to do it a little more discreetly.

Giphy is synonymous with random, bizarre, and often funny animations. It isn't exactly known for its educational qualities. But that's about to change thanks to their recent decision to release a collection of GIFs aimed at teaching people sign language.

Giphy is synonymous with random, bizarre, and often funny animations. It isn't exactly known for its educational qualities. But that's about to change thanks to their recent decision to release a...

I wish I had this shirt when I was in Afghanistan. In 2009, we were situated in a little Observation Post somewhere in Kandahar for a week or two at a time, with nothing but rations to fill our bellies. After...

I wish I had this shirt when I was in Afghanistan. In 2009, we were situated in a little Observation Post somewhere in Kandahar for a week or two at a...

Dainius

Muharrem, a deaf man living in Istanbul, just received a huge surprise when, one morning, everyone he bumped into in his neighborhood responded to him with sign language! A team of people from Samsung and the Leo Burnett ad agency spent...

Muharrem, a deaf man living in Istanbul, just received a huge surprise when, one morning, everyone he bumped into in his neighborhood responded to him with sign language! A team of...

Dovas

Alex Solis is an illustrator and web designer from Chicago who's created this amazing series of illustrations to teach us sign language with lovely characters.

Alex Solis is an illustrator and web designer from Chicago who's created this amazing series of illustrations to teach us sign language with lovely characters.

Carmen Pena