A WONDERFUL show of inclusivity and craic was seen at Athy’s recent ISLA festival held by group Athy Sing and Sign, which was ...

On 14 December 2017, the Irish Sign Language (ISL) Act was passed by the Dáil. The ISL Act 2017, recognises Irish Sign ...

If you’re a deaf or hard of hearing person, an Irish Sign Language (ISL) user and a regular user of the train service, it can often be a struggle to keep yourself within the information loop if there ...

Big-hearted neighbours of a six-year-old deaf girl have rallied together so she can trick or treat for the first time. Ada Hawkes was diagnosed as profoundly deaf aged 18 months and British Sign ...

Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also mouthings, facial expressions and body posture to communicate meaning. This complexity means ...

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“If there is no sign language, technology, special educator and interpreter then the learning process of deaf students would be challenging,” says Ferdinand Marshillong, a research scholar who is hard ...

Gifs communicate to the internet generation what words and static images never could. For those interested in learning sign language, they’ll now help to communicate in altogether different ways.

A GIF can be more than a well-timed punchline for a tweet or group chat. Now, the looping clips can be used to teach people new languages. As Mashable reports, GIF provider Giphy has launched a new ...

Stephanie Stoll receives funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) . Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also ...