For the first time, an open-access educational grammar for five European sign languages, including Austrian Sign Language, was developed as part of a European project to improve the quality of sign ...

The Austrian government is eyeing tougher immigration rules, including asking prospective new residents to learn German before arriving in the country, as is already the case in the Netherlands.

There is so much more to sign language than the hands, as interpreter Christine Dudley demonstrates. Carlo Allegri/Reuters Most people are familiar with sign language, the system that deaf people use ...