Resources

Deaf-Related Links of Interest:
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
An Agency of Education Cabinet

Kentucky Statewide Family Service Center
Provides families with information and educational programs designed to increase their knowledge of deafness.

Kentucky School for the Deaf Outreach Wikispace
Provides teachers, school staff, administrators, parents, and students resources 

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center


American Annals of the Deaf
This long-lived academic journal is a must for anyone pursuing Deaf Studies

  National Association of the Deaf

Deaf Digest

NTID/Deaf Studies
Resource guide for deaf studies from the Wallace library at RIT Includes topics such as deaf in literature.

www.educatingdeafchildren.org
A new Web site for questions about raising and educating children who are deaf or hard of hearing has been launched by the Center for Education Research Partnerships at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology

Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education
Academic journal devoted to deaf studies

What is a Cochlear Implants?
This is a manufacturer's website on cochlear implants. Other resources should be looked at as well when considering this option

Cochlear Implants Central Kentucky Special Education Cooperative
National Institution on Deafness and other Communication Disorders

DeafMD, an innovative website providing accurate, concise, and valuable health information in American Sign Language to the Deaf & Hard of Hearing population. Using health information created by two trustworthy and unbiased government sources—the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, our team of healthcare providers, linguists, and educators translates this complex information into ASL.

OSERS
Office of Special Education & Rehab. Services
U.S. Department of Education's brand-new publication called Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children With Hearing Loss. It's designed to connect children and their families with assistance as early as possible. It also describes current technologies and communication options for children with hearing loss, including deafness.

Deaf Poetry

KSD Idioms in American Sign Language
on SchoolTube.com


KSD Outreach's Statewide Educational Resource Center on Deafness


* KSD does not endorse any products or services that may be offered on the above websites.  KSD is not responsible for the content on the above sites. They are offered only as possible resources for consideration.

American Sign Language

Community Sign Language Classes at KSD

Handspeak 
American Sign Language Dictionary online

ASL Lesson Tutor
Dictionary of American Sign Language signs in easy to use format

ASL Jeopardy Game!
The goal of this game is to test and improve your knowledge of people and issues associated with American Sign Language.

ASL PRO
A Free ASL Educational Website Featuring Over 6,000 Signs



QUIA
Deaf Terminology
Interactive Hangman Game
Test your knowledge

Start ASL.com
A fun way to learn American Sign Language

Sign the Alphabet

Say It With Sign
deafresources.com

Texas Math Sign Language Dictionary

American Sign Language Browser
Several interactive media projects including the Personal Communicator, ASL Browser, and Signing Online produced by Michigan State University

Signing Time!
Our award-winning television and DVD series "Signing Time" and "Baby Signing Time" provides an easy way to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Through interactive songs and teaching segments, the Signing Time stars, Rachel, Alex and Leah invite children of all ages to play, sing and sign along while they learn basic ASL vocabulary and simple ASL baby sign. Come sign with us!