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Sign Language Dictionaries

ASLPro
    Dictionary with 4,000 signs plus 2,000 religious signs.
    (Format - video)

PaTTAN
Interpreter Training materials. Mini-video workshops.


LifePrint
    Dictionary and ASL University (Online ASL classes, FREE).
    (Format - mixture of still photos, drawings, basic video)

ASL Browser
    Dictionary of many common signs.
    (Format – video)

http://www.signwithme.com/002_browse_signs.asp

   Born 2 Sign

   Infant Sign Language – online sign dictionary

http://www.ntid.rit.edu/dig/demo.php

   RIT ASL Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide

http://www.deafmissions.com/?PageID=18

   ASL dictionary of religious signs

Science, Math, Technical Sign Dictionaries

embeOUTREACH (formerly NEEDS Outreach)
    Signs for: Math (elementary and secondary), Biology, Physics, Auto Mechanics, Countries,

Geography, Government, U.S. History
    (Format – video)

K-8 Science Dictionary
    Science signs (mostly physics)
    (Format – video)

http://www.rit.edu/ntid/msse/pages/lexicon/

   RIT Science/Math Sign Lexicon


Interpreter Resources

http://www.idomsite.com/

Idioms and their definitions

The Interpreter's Friend
Huge number of resources
(Format – sign description)

http://www.signs-of-development.org/

Professional development and home of WWWorkshops. Signs of Development is a sponsor in accordance with RID's Certification Maintenance Program.

http://classroominterpreting.org/home.asp

This site is designed to help educational teams in K-12 settings support deaf and hard of hearing students who use educational interpreters to access education and social interaction. Other service providers, such as speech pathologists, social workers, and deaf educators, may find useful information on this site.

http://www.howstuffworks.com

A website that, though not directly related to ASL, might be of interest to terps (as a way to get background info on a topic before interpreting it). It’s a website that explains many different things.

http://wsrid.com/

Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

http://www.rid.org/

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

http://www.mainerid.org/links.html

Maine RID, which has many resource links listed.

http://www.nciec.org/index.html

National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers website.

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/hearimpair/vocab.htm

British Columbia Ministry of Education site: Definitions of selected vocabulary related to deafness.

http://www.medicalinterpreting.org/

ASL and English Resources for Interpreting in Medical Settings

http://www.lds.org/cm/display/0,17631,7208-1,00.html

Hymns in ASL – videos of songs.

http://www.netac.rit.edu/

PEPNet-Northeast, based at Rochester Institute of Technology, home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, is one of four regional centers funded by the Department of Education.

http://www.netac.rit.edu/downloads/TPSHT_Hire_Qual_Interp.pdf

Education/Practice

http://asl.ms/

A very cool fingerspelling practice website. You can adjust the speed and number of letters of the words.

http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/

Lifeprint.com: ASL University

http://www.handspeak.com/

Handspeak is a sign language online, consisting of American Sign Language (ASL) online dictionary, ASL grammar, manual alphabet (fingerspelling) + numeral, and others: Baby Talk, International Sign Language, gesture, ASL storytelling and art.

http://idea3.rit.edu/hgl9008/msse/

MSSE: Master of Science in Secondary Education through RIT. This site offers methods and materials for teaching science to deaf students.

http://www.jalc.edu/ipp/

Fingerspelling practice, classifiers – John A. Logan College, Interpreter Preparation Program

http://deafness.about.com/od/deafculture/a/aslidioms.htm

ASL Idioms

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/glossary/

This A-Z glossary provides a general reference for frequently used medical terms that may be helpful when searching the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders’ site.

http://everydayasl.com/

YouTube videos signing a variety of topics

http://www.deaflibrary.org/asl.html

Deaf resource library

http://www.gallaudet.edu/

Gallaudet University

http://www.ihs.issaquah.wednet.edu/Teachers/gremmertr/index/ASL_resources/aslresources.htm

Issaquah High School ASL Resources page

http://www.ltcconline.net/asllt/scfingerspelling.htm

American Sign Language – Lake Tahoe: Student Corner

http://www.needsoutreach.org/Pages/TransTOC3.html

The Transition Pages are designed for teachers, school personnel, parents and community members who work with kindergarten through twelfth grade students, and most importantly, for the students themselves. This website is a tool to assist students in learning the skills necessary for success after high school.

http://www.ntid.rit.edu/terpref/index.htm

NTID Deaf Index: this index was created to help locate articles, papers, publications, and information on Interpreting, Interpreting Issues, Sign Language, Deaf Studies, Deaf History, and other related materials. It contains over 13,000 entries. 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/2/l_072_04.html

PBS Evolution Library site: Birth of a Language. In the 1980s, deaf Nicaraguan children brought together in Managua generated a new sign language, complete with syntax. For the first time in history, scholars witnessed the birth of a language, suggesting a linguistic "bioprogram."

http://www.signwriting.org/

Writing sign language: ASL activities, books, and teaching materials for students of all ages.

http://deafedgrant.wiki.educ.msu.edu/

In October of 2007, a Federal grant entitled "Excellence through collaboration: A doctoral preparation planning grant for d/hh education" was awarded to Harold Johnson/Michigan State University and Shirin Antia/University of Arizona. Since the onset of the grant, a great deal of work has been carried out to both gather the targeted data and to develop a collaborative model of doctoral student preparation for the field of Deaf Education.

Deaf Culture and Resources for the Deaf (and Hearing)

http://www.nad.org

National Association of the Deaf

http://www.wsad.org/

Washington State Association of the Deaf

http://www.deafmd.org/

Medical info in ASL!

http://www.ntd.org/

National Theatre of the Deaf

www.thedeaflens.com

Welcome to Reflections Through a DeafLens. They discuss Deaf art, theatre, media, and other related topics.

deafnewspaper.com

Deaf newspaper, Around the News by Ken Davis

http://www.nbda.org/index.html

National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) website

http://www.netsignnews.com/

ASL users will enjoy viewing regular news in ASL.

http://www.deafspot.net/

Deafspot: The Deaf Community Online (web portal)

http://www.seewhatimsayingmovie.com/

SEE WHAT I'M SAYING follows the journeys of four extraordinary deaf entertainers over the course of a single year as their stories intertwine and culminate in some of the most important events of their lives.

http://www.deaflinx.com/

Deaf Linx is a collection of links for everything you can think of on deafness.

http://www.ada.gov/publicat.htm

Dept of Justice: ADA Regulations and Technical Assistance Materials

http://library.rit.edu/node/493#asl

RIT Libraries: Deaf Studies Internet Resources (web portal)

This site offers lots of links related to deafness, Deaf culture, signing and more.

http://www.deafread.com/

Deaf Read: read about what deaf people are thinking and discussing. View video blogs (vlogs) in ASL and discuss with deaf community members about current issues and controversies.

http://www.deafblind.com/

A-Z Deafblindness website

http://www.dogsforthedeaf.org/

Providing New Freedom for the Hard-of-Hearing… and bringing a new level of opportunity and independence for clients throughout the United States and Canada.

http://www.deaf.com/

Deaf Community: DeafChat, DeafNotes, DeafNews, DeafStore, DeafPeople, DeafConf

http://www.ohsoez.com/deafnews.htm

Deaf community news.

http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clerc_Center/Information_and_Resources.html

This Information on Deafness section of the Clerc Center Website is organized by topic.

http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/worldaroundyou/

World Around You (WAY) brings you stories about deaf culture, personalities, events, and news from around the world.

http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/worldaroundyou/?id=756

Interview with Terry Lierman (Chief of Staff to Maryland’s Minority Leader) on Barack Obama’s 2009 Inauguration

http://www.discoveringdeafworlds.com

Rochester School for the Deaf

Their aim is to educate themselves and others on ways to improve accessibility for Deaf/Hard of Hearing communities around the world. Discovering Deaf Worlds travels internationally to research the language, culture, opportunities and pressing issues within Deaf/Hard of Hearing communities.

http://www.twu.edu/dsc/index.htm

Texas Woman’s University

Deaf Scientist Corner, a website devoted to biographies of famous deaf scientists.

http://www.deafnotes.com/

DEAF.com’s message board site. It’s a free public forum where participants can discuss controversial issues and topics of interest to the Deaf community, and ask questions.

http://www.deaflibrary.org/

Scroll down on their page to find the Quickie Index with links to deaf-related network resources.

http://mobileasl.cs.washington.edu/index.html

MobileASL is a video compression project at the University of Washington with the goal of making wireless cell phone communication through sign language a reality in the U.S.

http://www.ashleyfiolek.com/xsite/index.php

Ashley Fiolek, Deaf Professional Motocross Rider

http://www.joeybaer.com/

Monthly Vlog posts. Best My, Your, Our Opinion in ASL by Joey Baer. Beautiful signing and thoughtful interactive posts.

http://idea3.rit.edu/paddhd/deafww2/main/VIDEOS/NTID/IngeloreNTIDSummary.htm

Holocaust Survivor: Ingelore Herz Honigstein. Her story told in ASL by Ingelore and translated to English.

Higher Education

Links and Other Resources

http://www.deaflinx.com/

Deaf Linx is a collection of links for everything you can think of on deafness.

http://www.deaflinx.com/DeafCommunity/vlogsandblogs.html

Deaf Vlogs and Blogs. Very cool site!

http://www.deaflibrary.org/

A treasure trove of links to deaf organizations, etc. Be sure to scroll down to see them all.

http://www.beethovensnightmare.com/

Beethoven’s Nightmare is a group of deaf musicians.

http://home.netcom.com/~lowenv/deaf.html

A good site with links to deaf organizations – short and sweet.

http://www.commwrks.com/vickipic.html

Communication Works! Fostering Deaf and Hearing Relations by Vicki Moseley, M.A. She offers a variety of workshops including training in the workplace on how to improve deaf and hearing relations as well as on-site basic American Sign Language (ASL) classes.

http://underground-online.troybrophy.com/iu/webguide/culture/c_dww.htm

Deaf World Web is a newsletter, chat room, and reference directory listed by country.

http://www.deafwebsites.com/

Online worldwide Deaf Web Directory

http://captionedmedia.org

Described and Captioned Media Program: Its goal is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deaf-blind.

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/glossary/

This A-Z glossary provides a general reference for frequently used medical terms that may be helpful when searching the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders’ site.

http://www.deafautism.com/

Deaf Autism website is a place for deaf/hearing parents and their deaf, hard of hearing, and CODA children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to share and meet one another.

http://www.disabilityresources.org/SIGN.html

The Disability Resources Monthly (DRM) Guide to resources on the Internet.

http://deafness.about.com/cs/signfeats2/a/signdictionary.htm

About.com: Deafness

Everyday signs, Holiday signs, Dictionary links

http://www.deafmissions.com

Deaf Missions is a Christian mission.

http://www.isv.asd103.org/dhh.htm

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Program in Anacortes, WA

http://www.aslinfo.com/index.cfm

Info.com: Information and resources related to ASL, interpreting and Deaf culture

http://www.dcmp.org/ai/ciy/

Described and Captioned Media Program: Video library – Basic Guidelines for Busy Teachers, Families, and Others Who Shot Their Own Video

http://www.brainpop.com/about/

BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. Their online resources include BrainPOP, for grades 3 and up; BrainPOP Jr., for grades K-3; and BrainPOP Español. Our newest resource, BrainPOP Educators, features free tips, tools, and best practices by and for our teacher community.

Video Relay Services

http://www.sorensonvrs.com/

Sorenson Video Relay Service

https://www.hovrs.com/VRS_SSL/hovrs.aspx

Hands On Video Relay Service

http://www.csdvrs.com/service/spanish.aspx

VRS service for Spanish speaking parents: ASL to spoken Spanish.

Parents

http://sites.google.com/a/p2pwhatcom.org/www/Home

Parent to Parent of Whatcom County

The Parent to Parent Support Programs provide emotional support and information to families of children with special needs and/or disabilities.

http://www.deafchildren.org/

American Society for Deaf Children

http://www.deafplanet.com/en/deafplanet/

Deafplanet’s goal is to spark the curiosity of Deaf and hearing children.

http://www.deafautism.com/

Deaf Autism website is a place for deaf/hearing parents and their deaf, hard of hearing, and CODA children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to share and meet one another.

http://www.needsoutreach.org/Pages/TransTOC3.html

The Transition Pages are designed for teachers, school personnel, parents and community members who work with kindergarten through twelfth grade students, and most importantly, for the students themselves. This web site is a tool to be used by these stakeholders to assist students in learning the skills necessary for success after high school.

http://www.signwithme.com/002_browse_signs.asp

Born 2 Sign

Infant Sign Language – online sign dictionary

Research Articles

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090212/hl_hsn/babygestureslinkedtovocabularydevelopment

Yahoo News article by Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter, Baby Gestures Linked to Vocabulary Development

Online Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/Deafkidsrule

Deaf Kids Rule on YouTube.com

Deaf-related and captioned videos

http://www.d-pan.com/index.html

The Deaf Performing Arts Network (D-PAN) was formed to make music and music culture accessible to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community as well as to create career and learning opportunities in the performing arts.

http://www.netsignnews.com/

ASL users will enjoy viewing regular news in ASL.

http://www.deaflinx.com/DeafCommunity/vlogsandblogs.html

Deaf Vlogs and Blogs. Very cool site!

http://www.joeybaer.com/

Monthly Vlog posts. Best My, Your, Our Opinion in ASL by Joey Baer. Beautiful signing and thoughtful interactive posts.

Books and Videos

http://www.signenhancers.com/

Sign Enhancers, Inc: publisher of a variety of videos and publications related to sign language, Deaf culture, and interpreting.

http://dawnsignpress.com

Dawn Sign Press: publisher of very popular books related to Deaf culture and ASL books, videos, workshops.

http://signmedia.com

Sign Media, Inc: publisher of books and many videotapes related to Deaf culture and ASL.

http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/

Gallaudet University Press: a publisher of a wide variety of academic and educational publications with lots of other media resources as well.

http://joycemediainc.com/signlanguage/signlan.html
Joyce Media: Sign Language DVD's

http://deafbuy.com

Deafbuy.com: this carries a unique inventory and some items not seen elsewhere for teaching ASL.

http://deafness.about.com/lr/sign_language_books/54492/1/

A list of books and articles about sign language.

Deafness-related Materials for Sale

http://www.deafresources.com

Say It With Sign: for people involved in Deaf Education, ASL, Interpreters, Deaf Community and Culture.

http://www.barrproductions.com/

New name: Amplified Phones & More (formerly Barr Productions)

Solutions to your hearing and vision difficulty

http://astore.amazon.com/deaf_store-20

ASL store

http://harriscomm.com/

Harris Communications is the one-stop source for products for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals and sign language interests.

http://www.gearlog.com/2009/01/ces_2009_krowns_pocket_sign_la.php

Sign Language Translator by Krown Manufacturing translates more than 3,500 English words into sign language.

Religious

http://www.lds.org/cm/display/0,17631,7208-1,00.html

Hymns in ASL – videos of songs.

http://www.deafmissions.com/?PageID=18

ASL dictionary of religious signs.

Jokes/Stories/Quotes

http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/jokes.htm

A site which collects clean Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and ASL humor.

http://www.vcom3d.com/vault_files/forest_asl/

“The Forest” by Jason Stewart – Animated in ASL (kind of cool!)

STARTING AT THE BOTTOM

One of the world's best hotels, The Hotel Hassler in Rome, Italy, is owned by a deaf man named Roberto Wirth. He grew up with just one goal -- to own and to operate a great hotel. He was willing to start at the bottom.

For a short while he attended Gallaudet University. While at Gallaudet, he had a part time job at McDonald's. And it was a great experience for him learning how to cook hamburgers! His was a great journey as he went from McDonald's to restaurants and hotels all over the world before owning Hotel Hassler. It sure paid off for Roberto to start at the bottom.

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Mental Hairball, noun

A word of phrase coughed up at random.

Pro-Detail, adjective

Euphemism used to put a more positive spin on those people who would otherwise be described as fastidious and anal.

Idea Hampsters

People who always seem to have their idea generators running.

Mouse Potato

The online, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.

What language do porcupines speak?

Spine language.

“Differences of habit and language are nothing if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”

J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

Language Activity

Click here: I Do Dog Tricks <http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html>

TYPE IN a command and see what happens... sit, roll over, down, stand, sing, dance, shake, fetch, play dead, kiss, etc. We have found over 25 commands!

Updated February 25, 2009