Links and Bibliography

 

Myself:

Eileen K. Carpenter, MD Home Page

Biographical Information for Eileen K. Carpenter, MD

Health Associates of South Philadelphia: My office practice website

 

ASL:

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

ASL animated e-greeting cards

Native American Sign Language

(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.)

 

Deaf Culture/ADA:

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.

 

Software:

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

 

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