What does happiness look like?
How about musical rhythm?
Or poetry that you can’t see on the page or hear spoken?
Katherine Fager, Janesville, has spent the past week struggling with those esoteric questions, but by Saturday afternoon she’ll have all the answers.
Fager is a sign language interpreter. At 2 p.m. Saturday, she’ll be providing sign language interpretation […]

Communicating is one of the most difficult skills for toddlers to learn — yet one of the most rewarding.
The pure delight they show when they have made themselves understood is a treat to watch — but the frustration when they cannot is to be avoided at all costs!
That is why Sing & Sign is so good. […]

Verizon Wireless, the wireless industry leader in customer-friendly policies, announced that the company now offers information about its Nationwide Messaging plans in online videos in American Sign Language (ASL) to better serve customers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The videos feature Tom Boudrow of the Marlboro, Mass.-based Verizon Center for Customers with Disabilities, using […]

The small classroom where John Kuhlman teaches English to immigrants is a far cry from the large lecture halls and auditoriums where he used to lead 1,000 students in lessons on economics.
He no longer teaches on a platform, but sits just inches from his students, intensely concentrating to understand what they are saying.
Thirty-five years ago, […]

Getting fifth-graders to skip lunch and recess to study is no easy task. But a local student managed to inspire her classmates to do just that.
NewsCenter 5’s Bianca de la Garza reported that the students spent the extra time learning Michaela Borstel’s language: American Sign Language.
“I feel really welcomed here,” Borstel said of the Governor […]