• Deafness and Hard of Hearing

Name of Site: National Association for the Deaf
Purpose of Site: To promote, protect, and preserve the rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
Recommended Sections: “Advocacy” and “Info Center” sections address current issues in deaf culture and deaf education information.
URL: http://www.nad.org/

Name of Site: University of Illinois: Resources for Working with Youth with Special Needs: Deaf/Hearing Impaired
Purpose of Site: This site includes a description of the causes and types of hearing impairments, as well as strategies for successful inclusion of students with hearing impairments.
URL: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/specialneeds/deaf.html

Resources for Sign Language:

The Center for Disability Information at Indiana University hosts a site for kids which provides visuals of sign language symbols and riddles to test knowledge of the signs.
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/brainfood.html

Handspeak, a site of visual language, offers video clips of the signs to selected words. In the “Classic” section, choose Preview Signs.
http://www.handspeak.com/