Sign Language

A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
This dictionary has both animated and text definitions.

American Sign Language Browser
Look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.

American Sign Language Fonts
Use images of the finger spelling alphabet on your home page.

American Sign Language Guide
Links to ASL resources

National Cued Speech Association
Cued Speech is a sound-based visual communication system which, in English, uses eight hand shapes in four different locations (“cues”) in combination with the natural mouth movements of speech, to make all the sounds of spoken language look different.

Interax Video Sign Language Course
A video series of the signs and introductory concepts of American Sign Language (ASL).

Serious Signing
This software program from Awe-Struck Books provides a series of Hyper Studio stacks that will teach you how to communicate with a hearing impaired family member or friend. It was written by a sign language instructor and interpreter and the presented lessons will give you all the tools to communicate in sign language.

Signed Speech or Simultaneous Communication
From the Center for the Study of Autism, Salem, Oregon

S.E.E. (Signing Exact English) Center
Works with parents and educators of hearing impaired children.

SignWriting
This organization creates stories that are written in sign language and thus can be read in sign language.

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