A Nixa Elementary School is turning down the volume to help a student learn a new life-skill. Fifth graders at John Thomas School of Discovery (JTSD) are working as a team to learn sign language.

Advocates for education on sign language are making sure children of all abilities are set up for success in the classroom.Sign language is a vital tool for some students and encouraging others to use ...

In Scot Pott's classroom, there's no talking. Literally. The students in Pott's University of Houston class straggle in, shuffle their desks into a horseshoe and wait for class to begin without ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

VINELAND — Although the classroom was silent, students were abuzz with conversation, interacting with each other through American Sign language (ASL). They had to stay quiet because a television crew ...

Arlon Nash’s American Sign Language classroom is completely silent; the only noises that can be heard are faint footsteps that echo from the hallway. Nash has a master’s degree in Deaf Education and ...

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When Mikeasha Duncan is in a loud classroom she struggles to hear individual voices clearly. "I can't hear the teachers or my friends so it's hard to learn in school," she said. It's not an uncommon ...

GEORGETOWN, Del.- Imagine knowing what your baby wants before he or she is able to speak, reducing frustration, encouraging thought and enhancing language development. Parents and even some classrooms ...