Soon after Ariya Ahona began learning American Sign Language (ASL) at the University of Toronto, she realized that language would be only one of the many things she’d be learning. That’s because in ...

TORONTO - Ontario is becoming one of the first jurisdictions in Canada to offer high school students in the province second-language courses in American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des signes ...

Without the right interpreter, following along in a meeting or at an event can be a "puzzle" for Kathryn Woodcock. The Toronto Metropolitan University professor, who is Deaf and communicates in both ...

Interpreting theatre in a stage performance is a challenge for any actor. Interpreting that performance through American Sign Language is even more so. “The prep work that goes into theatre is immense ...

"You want him to learn to say 'Mom,' don't you?" That's what a speech pathologist asked Michelle Grodecki a decade ago when her son, Oscar, was diagnosed with a rare type of hearing loss at 18 months ...