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
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
ASL stories for children
https://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/asl-resources/sign-language-stories/
SERVICES
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Purple VRS, combined with ZVRS , one videophone provider
Sorenson VRS
HELPFUL ORGANIZATIONS
American Society for Deaf Children
National Association for the Deaf
World Federation for the Deaf
National Institute on Deafness and other Communications Disorders, site on ASL
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
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
ARTS & CULTURE
NTID/RIT’s Deaf Artists’ Website
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
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
Deaflympics
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.
DEAF NEWS
Deaf Vee
Daily Moth
https://www.dailymoth.com/blog
Silent Grapevine
Sign1News
Deaf Newspaper by Ken Davis
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