Eileen K. Carpenter, MD Home Page
Biographical Information for Eileen K. Carpenter, MD
Health Associates of South Philadelphia: My office practice website
Michigan
State University ASL Browser
The on-line browser used
most extensively in this
site
HandSpeak,
the DeafWorldWeb ASL dictionary on line by Jolanta Lapiak
Another ASL browser showing
some of the regional differences;
also information about
Deaf culture, ASL structure,
and international sign
languages
Randy
Stine's Animated ASL Dictionary
and Deaf Culture Links
An ASL browser as well
as links
Greg
Gay's "GG Wiz's ASL
Fingerspelling Practice"
Practice receptive fingerspelling
by watching phrases being
signed and typing in the
answers.
Harley's
Public Services Pages /
Begin to Learn Sign Language
An animated ASL browser
on-line
Lifeprint
Institute
An on-line course in
ASL and some Deaf/HOH jokes.
Scott
Gaertner's ASL Page
Includes more receptive
fingerspelling practice
ASL
on the WEB
Info on ASL structure
and grammar
Silent
Thunder: Rose Family Web
Page with animated ASL
signs
An ASL browser with animated
signs.
David
Bar-Tzur
About ASL, especially technical
and religious ASL vocabulary
terms
Deaf
Missions
Includes a glossary of
religious terms
ASL
Access
A program to provide ASL
videos to public libraries.
Their website has information
and reviews of ASL videos.
Visual
Storyreading Program, Kansas
School for the Deaf
ASL translations of popular
children's books available
on videotape (via ASL Access
website; KSD site temporarily
unavailable)
Shared
Reading Project of the
Laurent Clerc Center of
Gallaudet University
A program to help caregivers
learn to read to deaf children
Signing
Books for the Deaf
Links and addresses to obtain videos of literature in ASL translations, as
well as other Deaf oriented materials. Also has links to materials for European
sign languages.
University
of Lyon's French sign language browser
(French Sign Language is a root language of ASL)
If the movies don't play, launch Quicktime Player, pull down "File"
to "Open URL," and paste in the URL of the page with the movie that
isn't playing.
SIGNhear
Communication Center
A browser with about 200
common ASL words in animated
pictures alongside line
drawing illustrations.
K8AIT
Sign Language Dictionary
Uses computer animation
to demonstrate signs for
aviation as part of an
on-line internet textbook
of aviation.
American
Sign Language Picture Dictionary
Information about possible
orthographies for sign
languages
Karen
Nakamura's About American
Sign Language page
Information about ASL and
its structure with bibliography
and links
American
Sign Language Linguistic
Research Project
Boston University center
to learn more about the
as-yet incompletely understood
grammatical structures
of ASL.
Yamada
Language Center, University of Oregon, Non-English Font Archives
Includes ASL alphabet as well as other fun fonts
Butte Publications,
Inc.
Deaf oriented materials, including some ASL tapes and books
(Some of these sites may seem to offer the same information, but given regional differences, differences in style of individual signers, an the general limitation in knowledge about ASL structure, it is useful to get information from a broad variety of sources.)
Gallaudet
University
The only liberal arts university for the Deaf in the world.
National
Technical Institute for the Deaf
The worlds first and largest technological college for the Deaf, one of the
colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology
Silent
Cafe
Gatherings Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing
and hearing individuals
to socialize together through
ASL on Sunday afternoons
in the Philadelphia metro
area.
National
Association for the Deaf
Encompasses a wide variety
of advocacy issues for
the Deaf
Registry
of Interpreters for the
Deaf
Standards, certification
and support for sign language
interpreters and students
American
Sign Language Teachers
Association
including a list of local
chapters and contact people
Cindy's
Web Page on ASL and Deaf
Culture
Extensive Deaf/ASL/interpreting
information and links
Deaf
Digest
E-Newsletter on events
and issues of significance
to the Deaf community
Dr.
Dave's Deaf and HOH Web
Links
Yet more links about deafness
Deaf
Community Resources compiled
by Therese Shellbarger
Additional Deaf-oriented
links
Deaf
Web Ring Index
A web ring to allow you
to travel from one Deaf-oriented
site to another. (I'm impatient
and go to the index.)
About.com's
Deafness page
Links and information
from medical viewpoint
American
Sign Language Poetry
From Georgetown University.
(Video doesn't play, but
there is text)
Sign
Media, Inc./Linstok Press
Publications and videos;
they have an informative
website about ASL
Silent
News
Web-zine, message board, chat, events calendar for Deaf community -- web page
just getting started.
Omer
Zak's Deaf Info Pages
Information on a variety of Deaf-related issues. Hearing people can learn
about many day-to-day issues from a Deaf perspective.
DAWWWN:
Deaf Abused Woman Warrior's Web Network
One deaf woman's journey of survival from abuse, with extensive links.
Conference of Interpreter Trainers
Rochester Institute of Technology Deaf and Hard of Hearing Internet Resources
DeafNation
(Currently this site is dormant, but the URL is being held open)
Health
Care Quality Standards
For Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Adults
A joint project of Gallaudet
University, the Health
Care Financing Administration,
and the Delmarva Foundation
for Medical Care to develop
standards to ensure adequate
medical communication for
Deaf patients. They are
soliciting public comments.
Pennsylvania
School for the Deaf
A state-supported private
school for deaf children
in Philadelphia
PAHMD
Promoting Awareness
in Healthcare, Medical
and Deaf
Site sponsors an internet
discussion group about
Deaf healthcare issues
Learning
to communicate with all
your patients:
Hiring interpreters—and
other tips—to work with
patients who are deaf or
don't speak English
From the November 1997
ACP Observer, © 1997 by
the American College of
Physicians.
Legal
Issues for Physicians:
The Americans with Disabilities
Act and Hearing Interpreters
Prepared by the American
Medical Association, Office
of the General Counsel,
Division of Health Law,
Copyright 1998 American
Medical Association
Care
for Those With Hearing
Impairments: Listen Up
From the May 15, 2000 American
Medical News, © 2000 American
Medical Association
National Association for the Deaf's position paper on Cochlear Implants
Deafbase.com
A Yahoo-type search engine for Deaf-oriented topics
AbilityHub
Information on assistive technology for deaf, blind and other people who have
difficulty accessing standard devices.
The
Personal Communicator version 2.2 for Mac/Windows
Michigan State University Communications Technology Laboratory
Winner of 1995 Discover Magazine Software Innovation of theYear Award
American
Sign Language Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide
Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf
The
American Sign Language
Dictionary on CD-ROM by
Martin L.A. Sternberg,
Ed.D
version 2.0 for Mac/Windows
from Multicom
Winner of the 1995 Software
Publishers Association
Codies Award for
Best Educational Tool Program
Interactive
Sign Language 101 Basic Signs for Windows
from Palatine Inc.
The
American Sign Language Phrasebook on CD-ROM for Windows or Mac
Software version of the Lou Fant book
Publications:
American
Sign Language the Easy
Way by David Stewart,
illustrated by Beth Roberge
Friedrichs
Barron's Educational Series,
1998
Medical
Sign Language: Easily Understood
Definitions of Commonly
Used Medical, Dental, and
First Aid Terms by
W. Joseph Garcia,
illustrated by Kay Meacham,
Camille Cole Buch, Victoria
Yarbrough, and Lynn McCowin
Charles C. Thomas Publisher,
Springfield IL 1983
Random
House Webster's American
Sign Language Dictionary
by Elaine Costello, Ph.D.,
illustrated by Lois Lenderman,
Paul M. Setzer, and Linda
C. Tom
Random House, New York,
1998
Random
House Webster's American
Sign Language Medical Dictionary
by Elaine Costello, Ph.D.,
illustrated by Lois A.
Lehman and Linda C. Tom
Random House, New York,
2000
The
American Sign Language
Handshape Dictionary
by Richard A. Tennant
and Marianne Gluszac Brown,
illustrated by Valerie
Nelson-Metlay
Clerc Books/Gallaudet University
Press, Washington D.C.
1998
American
Sign Language, Unabridged
Edition (dictionary)
by Martin L. A. Sternberg,
illustrated by Herbert
Rogoff, Eduself, and North
Market Street Graphics
HarperCollins Publishers,
New York, 1998
A
Basic Course in American
Sign Language by Tom
Humphries, Carol Padden
and Terrence J. O'Rourke,
illustrated by Frank A.
Paul
T.J. Publishers, Silver
Spring, MD, 1994
Signs
of Sexual Behavior: An
Introduction to Some Sex-Related
Vocabulary in American
Sign Language by James
Woodward, illustrated by
Frank Allen Paul
T.J. Publishers, Silver
Spring, MD, 1979
Signs
of Drug Use: An Introduction
to Drug and Alcohol Vocabulary
in American Sign Language
by James Woodward, illustrated
by Frank Allen Paul
T.J. Publishers, Silver
Spring, MD, 1980
Gallaudet
Survival Guide to Signing
by Leonard G. Lane
Gallaudet University Press,
Washington, DC, 1990
Signing:
How to Speak with your
Hands by Elaine Costello,
illustrated by Lois A.
Lehman
Bantam Books, New York,
1995
Religious
Signing by Elaine Costello,
illustrated by Lois A.
Lehman
Bantam Books, New York,
1986
Intermediate
Conversational Sign Language
by Willard J. Madsen, illustrated
by Lois A. Lehman
Clerc
Books/Gallaudet University
Press, Washington, DC,
1990
Advanced Sign Language Vocabulary: A Resource Text for Educators, Interpreters, Parents, and Sign Language Instructors by Janet Renee Coleman and Elizabeth England Wolf, illustrated by Margo Bock Exsted, Susan M. Eggermont, and Sheyna Morris
The
American Sign Language
Phrase Book by Lou
Fant, illustrations by
Betty G. Miller
Contemporary Books, Lincolnwood,
IL, 1994
Sign
Me Fine: Experiencing American
Sign Language
by Laura Greene and Eva
Barash Dicker, illustrated
by Caren Caraway
Kendall Green Publications/Gallaudet
University Press, Washington,
DC 1989
Signs
Across America: A Look
at Regional Differences
in American Sign Language
by Edgar H. Schroyer and
Susan P. Schroyer
Gallaudet University Press,
Washington, DC, 1984
Sign
Language and the Health
Care Professional by
Debbie Cole
Robert E. Krieger Publishing
Company, Malabar, FL, 1990
More ASL publications at Amazon.com
A Medically-Oriented Index to the MSU Commtech Lab's ASL Browser