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Thanks to its Deaf actors, 'Sound of Metal' offers an authentic look at Deaf culture

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeremy Lee Stone plays an ASL teacher in "Sound of Metal." (Amazon Studios) When actor and American Sign Language coach Jeremy Lee Stone instructed costar Riz Ahmed to stop using his ...
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ASL Is on the Rise - But It's Not Always Part of the Deaf Experience

American Sign Language is now the third most popular language college students choose to learn. According to the Modern Language Association most recent report, 107,060 students in higher education chose to learn ASL. This puts the language right behind ...
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White House Hires Full-Time ASL Interpreters For First Time: 'I'm Here For The Deaf Community'

At the White House, the president, the first lady and the press secretary are usually the most familiar faces. But for thousands of Americans, a box in the right-hand corner of the White House livestream is where their eyes usually focus. Whenever the ...
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UNO professors explain the importance of sign language during Deaf Awareness Month

AT NOON. YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER IS SIGN LANGUAGE AWARENESS MONTH. AND TODAY WE ARE JOINED WITH RED RESENTATIVES FROM UNO. WE HAVE JULIE DEL MILLER, JONATHAN SHERLING AND SEAN SHANNON TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SIGN LANGUAGE. SO FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL ...