Luce J. LeBlanc Memorial Library


Resource Room

SECTIONS:

ASL and related

Helpful Organizations

Services

Libraries and Deaf Studies

Arts & Culture

Deaf News

Health & Safety

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND RELATED

ASL instruction site

www.lifeprint.com 

Resources about Deaf, sign language, etc. 

https://www.handspeak.com/study/ 

​Handspeak, a website to learn ASL 

https://www.handspeak.com/learn/ 

Signing Savvy – learn ASL​

https://www.signingsavvy.com/ 

ASL stories for children 

https://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/asl-resources/sign-language-stories/ 

SERVICES

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf 

https://rid.org/  

Purple VRS, combined with ZVRS , one videophone provider 

https://www.purplevrs.com/  

Sorenson VRS 

https://www.sorenson.com/ 

HELPFUL ORGANIZATIONS

American Society for Deaf Children

https://deafchildren.org/

National Association for the Deaf 

https://www.nad.org/  

World Federation for the Deaf

http://wfdeaf.org/   

National Institute on Deafness and other Communications Disorders, site on ASL

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/american-sign-language 

LIBRARIES & DEAF STUDIES

LibGuide collection at Gallaudet University

https://libguides.gallaudet.edu/deaf 

Gallaudet’s Archives and Deaf Collections

https://www.gallaudet.edu/archives-and-deaf-collections

Video about Tennessee library – JJ, a famous Deaf mime, not captioned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOeVTjLynng  

Tennessee Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 

https://tndeaflibrary.nashville.gov/ 

State of Maryland’s Deaf Cultural Digital Library

https://www.marylanddcdl.org/ 

List of Deaf related books/ or by Deaf authors

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/deaf#_=_  

Deaf Studies Archive – NTID/RIT

https://digitalcollections.rit.edu/luna/servlet/view/all?sort=title%2Ccreator%2Cdate  

TN Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/TNDeafLibrary/videos

Groundbreaking visual language science based research lab

http://vl2.gallaudet.edu/ 

ARTS & CULTURE

NTID/RIT’s Deaf Artists’ Website

https://deaf-art.org/  

YouTube query for “Deaf Artists”

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=deaf+artists 

Audism Unveiled  

https://www.dawnsign.com/products/details/audism-unveiled 

Publisher of many Deaf videos and stories and writing

https://www.dawnsign.com/  

Deaf writer Raymond Luczak

https://www.raymondluczak.com/  

Waitin’ On The World to Change -by DPAN 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKnF9CCYQPQ  

What is Deaf Culture

https://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/national-resources/info/info-to-go/deaf-culture/american-deaf-culture.html 

Deaflympics 

http://www.deaflympics.com/   

Nyle DiMarco Foundation

https://www.youtube.com/@thenyledimarcofoundation344

Deaf blogger Rogan Shannon (BookTube too)

https://www.youtube.com/user/FlameMaverice 

Deaf culture and awareness presentation by Danica Alexander, MLIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3njbqoSpc  

Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox – Deaf Poetry in Rochester, NY, history of various movements, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wvd836gjZ4  

DEAF NEWS

HEALTH & SAFETY

NCDHR : National Center for Deaf Health Research 

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/ncdhr.aspx 

What is the Coronavirus in ASL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JabT_KdG4   

Overcoming Additional Barriers to treat Deaf/HH patients During Coronavirus 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/2768217

CDC Sponsored playlist in ASL of COVID-19 precautions and information

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvrp9iOILTQatwnqm61jqFrsfUB4RKh6J  

How to get a Smoke/Fire alarm from Red Cross

https://www.redcross.org/local/oregon/about-us/news-and-events/news/Installing-Smoke-Alarms-for-the-Hard-of-Hearing-Community.html