After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

A few months ago, my 1 year old son started whining. For the first five seconds of his moans, I frantically looked around for what he could possibly want. I came up empty-handed. Fearing his whines ...

Six-month-old Jane McCullough "signs" right along with her grandparents. Jane McCullough, a 6-month-old baby, has watched her parents and grandparents, who are both deaf, communicate using American ...