Deaf Resources Links

American Sign Language Browser

• Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site is an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them. 

Best Sign Language Videos on the Web

by Charlie Swinbourne, BBC's Ouch!

• For deaf people, the rise of video-sharing websites like YouTube, has spearheaded a golden age for deaf films.  From shorts to documentaries, home-made clips, video blogs and signed music videos - deaf people suddenly have more sign language content at our fingertips than ever before.

Communication Access Information Center

• The primary purpose of the Communication Access Information Center is to provide information of use to people employing or in need of Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART), also known as realtime captioning.  CART is specifically recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as an assistive technology (AT) which affords "effective communication access." 

Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)

• A review of CART by Jamie Berke, Deafness Guide for About.com.

Deaf Women of Oregon and Washington

• The mission of Deaf Women of Oregon and Washington is to increase the number of resources and the networking, socialization, education, leadership, and empowerment opportunities of deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing and late-deafened women in Oregon and Washington.

Deaf Women United

• DWU's mission is to promote the interests of deaf and hard of hearing women in North America through education, advocacy, empowerment and a support network.

Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)

• The DCMP promotes and provides equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind.

Disability Law Lowdown ASL Podcast

• Brought to you by nationally recognized leaders in the field of disability law, the Disability Law Lowdown Podcast in ASL delivers the latest in disability rights information every other week.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Consumer Advisory: Closed Captioning

• The digital television (DTV) transition is the switch from analog to digital broadcast television.  The DTV transition will be completed on June 12, 2009.  The FCC wishes to reassure consumers that its rules do require digital-to-analog converter boxes to pass through closed captions. This advisory explains how consumers will be able to access closed captions using these converter boxes.

Hands & Voices of Oregon

• Hands & Voices of Oregon is dedicated to supporting families with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing without a bias around communication modes or methodology. 

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

• The mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. 

Oregon Public Utility Commission - Residential Service Protection Fund (RSPF)

• The Telecommunication Devices Access Program (TDAP) and the Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service (OTRS) assist people with disabilities in obtaining access to telephone equipment and relay services.

Sweet Honey In The Rock

• Shirley Childress Saxton accepted the challenge of interpreting Sweet Honey In The Rock’s message and music in 1980, after having interpreted professionally for seven years.  Sweet Honey In The Rock had, in that year, made a commitment to making concerts accessible to the Deaf and to developing a Deaf audience.  From the beginning, the group included the Sign Language Interpreter in her costuming and in the semi-circle in which she sits or stands to perform.  This inclusion has been a clear statement to the Deaf audience that they’re included in the conversation.