General information and resources for persons with disabilities. (Formerly President’s Committee on Empoyment of People with Disabilities.)
Office of Disability Employment Policy
1331 F Street, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington D.C. 20004
Phone: 202-376-6200 (voice), 202-376-6205 (TTD), 202-376-6219 (FAX)
Programs for degrees or certificates. Sign Language Studies, including an interpreting specialty. Go to their catalogue and look for the PDF document outlining the requirements for the Sign Language Studies major.
Links to certificate programs, applications, forms, etc are also available from the main page. Click on the link marked "American Sign Language and Deaf Studies".
CAST is an educational, not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, including those with disabilities.
See also their page for Bobby, which allows web developers to check their pages for easy access for people with disabilities. (For example, if a page has a sound file, add accompanying text to the page for hard-of-hearing people.)
Deafness-related site providing links for a range of services (e.g., counseling, employment, interpreting, computer training, etc.) aimed at deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Northern California (Bay Area). See their links on the side of the page for the services they offer, as well as links to other useful information.
Disability Resources.org listing of resources on the Internet for different disabilities. For specific resources geared toward deaf/HOH, click on this link..
Deanne Bray (Deaf actress) website, with resource links, including schools, organizations, events, and famous Deaf persons. See also Deanne Bray's website's main page for more information about her.
Hearing Loss Association of America - California (formerly Self Help for Hard of Hearing (California)). Check out Hearing Loss Association of America's main page.
From their web site: "Hearing Loss Web is dedicated to people who have hearing loss, but are not members of the traditional Deaf community. This includes people who consider themselves to be hearing impaired, hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf."
This is the web site for a proposed town located in South Dakota, built around the needs of the Deaf. See also reports in the news about this community.
A collection of resources put together by Alysse Rasmussen, listing such items as teacher associations, ASL lectures, Deaf culture, and ASL books. Many links and resources.
From their web site: "CATS is dedicated to providing accessibility to media via sign language. CATS' goal is to enhance literacy and general world knowledge by providing tools which make text, captions, video, web pages, and multimedia accessible to deaf users." From the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf. Of particular interest will be MySignLink, described as "...a free online tool that allows users to select any word on a web page or type a word in a prompt box and see a sign, signed definition and/or picture representing the word."
From their web site: "Communication Access Network, Inc., a nationwide provider of sign language interpreting services, real time captioning and various consulting services relating to Deaf and Hard of Hearing communication accessibility."
From DHHIG's web site: "DHHIG is a national non-profit organization whose purpose is two-fold. It serves as an employee support group for Federal employees who are either Deaf or Hard of Hearing and as a resource organization for the nationwide Federal government."
Site dedicated to Deaf and HOH, with links to sites for Deaf, and links to sites for HoH. Links to other home pages for DEaf/HoH. Also includes a section entitled "Working Effectively with Deaf or Hard of Hearing Employees".
Site dedicated to the visual and performing arts. From their web site: "DEAF Media, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advocating for Deaf arts and to developing cultural, educational, and professional opportunities for the Deaf community." Be sure to visit their Resources page.
From their web site: "The Deaf Resource Library (http://www.deaflibrary.org) is a virtual library -- an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States."
From the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Information on deafness, communication options, causes of hearing loss, etc.
From their web site: "Hearing Loss Web is dedicated to people who have hearing loss, but are not members of the traditional Deaf community. This includes people who consider themselves to be hearing impaired, hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf. We provide information on issues, medical topics, resources, and technology, and events related to hearing loss."
From NAD's web site: "A private, non-profit organization, the NAD is a dynamic federation of 51 state association affiliates including the District of Columbia, organizational affiliates, and direct members."
NorCal Center on Deafness serves the Northern California deaf communities.
Headquarters: Sacramento.
Serving Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, and Placer Counties.
Contact:
NorCal Center on Deafness
4708 Roseville Road, Suite 112
North Highlands, CA 95660
916-349-7500 TTY/voice
916-349-7580 FAX
From their web site: "The goal of OhSoEZ is to make it easy for deaf, hard of hearing, interpreters and friends of the deaf community to find out about deaf community and interpreter related events." Also includes signed deaf-related news video clips.
Deaf services at the Sacramento Public Library. Links regarding their services, and links to Deaf/HOH sites of interest. (Looks like this site is selling its domain name. No further info.)
For Sacramento Public Library's Deaf Services page, check here.
For deaf-related events in the Sacramento area, check here.
**IP_Relay.com. IP_Relay.com allows for a no-cost way of making calls online, using a relay service. There are options as well for VRS (Video Relay Service), relay to wireless devices, and voice options for your computer.
**i711.com. i711.com is a free Internet-based relay call service. Your choice of male or female operators, Spanish or English, TTY or IM formats.
From their web site: "Theatre Access Project (TAP) is a TDF [Theatre Development Fund] program that is designed to provide access in N.Y.C.to the performing arts for those with physical disabilities." Providing interpreters for live theatre performances, open captioning in theatres, and other services.
Web site dedicated to deaf events, art, and information, specifically for the Northern California Bay Area. (There is a Flash intro, which you have the option to skip.)[Looks like this site is no longer up.]
The mission, as stated on their web site: "To provide year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of sports at the state, regional, national, and international level for developing and elite athletes".
From their web site: "Professional Sign Language Interpreting Services. Serving the Greater Sacramento Area and Northern California." Services include: Social Services, Health Care, Conferences, and K-12 Education. See website for full listing.
From their web site: "24-Hour Sign Language Interpreting Service. Serving the United States with emergency services, centralizing in the Northern California region."
From their web site: "Sign Language Interpreting Services (SLIS) provides professional interpreting services for any communication event. Based in Sacramento California, we actively serve surrounding counties, all of California and Nevada." Services include: CART and Real Time Captioning services, Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), Transliterating and Oral Interpreting, and Deaf/Blind Tactile Interpreting. See website for full listing.
ASL Dictionaries (Online, for purchase, CD-ROM, etc.)
Best video dictionary I have come across. ASL dictionary using video clips for signs. It requires QuickTime to be installed on your computer in order to view the animation clips. From Michigan State University.
ASL dictionary using video clips for signs. Dictionary is broken into several categories, such as Biology, Countries, Government, and Technology. Requires QuickTime in order to view. From EMBE Outreach (formerly NEEDS Outreach).
Site with an ASL dictionary and a free series of self-paced online American Sign Language courses. Presented by Dr. Bill Vicars.
See also the ASL University Main Page.
This web site has numerous dictionaries, covering several subjects and several languages. There is a link for sign language dictionaries from the main page. There are then three web links for sign language dictionaries.
Online dictionaries provided by National University. There are a few American Sign Language dictionaries available. (Site also contains other reference materials.)
Sign language dictionary (with video clips) aimed at teaching infants and children various everyday signs. Links to related products for teaching sign to children.
Links to sites about American Sign Language generally, ASL dictionaries, deafness, famous deaf people, hearing disorders, and other deaf-related sites.
Programs for degrees or certificates. Sign Language Studies, including an interpreting specialty. Go to their catalogue and look for the PDF document outlining the requirements for the Sign Language Studies major.
Links to certificate programs, applications, forms, etc are also available from the main page. Click on the link marked "American Sign Language and Deaf Studies".
American Sign Language, generally, as discussed by Karen Nakamura. Several other good references and web links to ASL and Deaf/HOH resources. See also generally the link to Deaf Resource Library as a great resource.
Captioning-related site. Dedicated to providing access to present and future media for people with disabilities (captioning, descriptive audio services, etc.).
This takes you to a web site for Gary D. Robson, author of the book Inside Captioning. This book is of interest to deaf/HOH, court reporters, and realtime captioners. Covers law, technology, etc. for captioning.
You can also order the book at Amazon.com. [The old site (CyberDawg) no longer carries information about this book.]
See also the companion site to "Inside Captioning": The Captioning FAQ for more information. It is an offshoot of the Closed Captioning Web. By Gary D. Robson.
Assistive devices for accommodating various disabilities. Blind, deaf/HOH, cognitive impairments, physical impairments, etc. See also the section aimed at products for Deaf and HOH.
Assistive listening devices for hearing impaired individuals. This is not a conventional hearing aid. From the company's web site: "Listening device Babble is designed for people who do not need a classical hearing aid, but do have trouble understanding others in noisy surroundings." The company is based in the Netherlands.
CTAP distributes telecommunications equipment and services for individuals certified as having functional limitations of hearing, vision, mobility, speech and/or interpretation of information.
Web site dedicated to providing information about hearing aids from different manufactures, hearing aid accessories, and general information about hearing aids.
Assistive devices for deaf/HOH. From their web site: "Hearmore.com offers products for the deaf, hearing impaired, heard of hearing, and deaf-blind. Offering lowest prices on great variety of products such as alert systems, hearing aids, amplification devices, amplification telephones, TTYs, TDDs, VCOs, ASL, vibrators, door sensors, amplifiers, audio enhancements, books and videos, computer products, vibrating watches, and so much more."
Web site dedicated to K-12 schooling and bringing technology to the classroom. Article about a sign language translator glove, similar to the article in Wired magazine.
