How National ASL Day Came to Be

·

April 15 isn’t just a date on the calendar. It’s the anniversary of the moment that made ASL possible. National ASL Day is observed on April 15 because it marks the anniversary of the opening of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 — the first lasting school for the Deaf...

Read at the source

Asl USA Sign language Deaf education

Today's Top Deaf Stories

USA EDUCATION 2h ago

Building a WISE Foundation: How an Alabama Spoken-Language School Helped Vivi McBride After Cochlear Implants

Vivi McBride of Mountain Brook, Alabama, was diagnosed with severe-to-profound hearing loss as an infant and received cochlear implants in both ears at two and a half. Her famil...

Via Over the Mountain Journal
GLOBALASL2h

Justice Department Calls for Legal Process to Certify Sign Language Interpreters

Via Rdn
GLOBALGLOBAL3h

50 Years of DbI Podcast Series | Episode 6: Mirko Baur

Via Deafblind International
USASPORTS4h

Gallaudet Bison - Cairn Highlanders head to head game preview and prediction

Via AFootballReport
GLOBALCOMMUNITY4h

2026 State Conference on Deafblindness in Madrid: Dates, Objectives, and Main Topics

Via El Diario de Madrid

The Signing Screen

Deaf & HoH Videos PRO
Full Archive

Deaf in the News

MainstreamHearing press & local TV covering the Deaf community PRO
Full Archive

News Activity Map

Live News Signals

USA — State Activity

LowMediumHigh

Worldwide Activity

LowMediumHigh

World News by Country

Worldwide Signals

Events

Upcoming
Deaf community events calendar

Latest Stories

Live Feed
View All
View all stories