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The NAD CEO Howard A. Rosenblum shares news about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and how the U.S. Government has failed to make information accessible in ASL, how th...

Center for Literacy and Deafness (CLAD) has created a variety of videos to help young children gain a foundation in American Sign Language (ASL). The short s...

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A visual story about the Coronavirus and a community effort to stay healthy! Credit: Tori Wilson & Laura Novotny, Teachers for the Social Story; Ashley Thomp...

ASL and SEE versions of favorite children's stories

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A children's guide to Coronavirus, presented in ASL by USD ASL/English Specialist, Sandy Scott. This video is for Deaf elementary kids to give them informati...

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COVID-19 prevention tips presented in American Sign Language Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/Soc...

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These free printable ASL alphabet sign language flash cards require NO sign up! Spread this free resource for quick study on the go!

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children need to master at least one language (spoken or signed) to reach their full potential. Providing access to a natural sign language supports this goal. Despite evidence that natural sign languages are beneficial to DHH children, many researchers and practitioners advise families to focus exclusively on spoken language. We critique the Pediatrics article ‘Early Sign Language Exposure and Cochlear Implants’ (Geers et al., 2017) as an example of research that makes unsupported claims against the inclusion of natural sign languages. We refute claims that (...

ASLwrite provides free access to written American Sign Language. Written ASL belongs to the signing community!

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Are Signed Languages “Real” Languages? Yes, signed languages are naturally-evolved, non-invented real languages. There is the serious scholarly hypothesis that they may have existed since the onset of spoken languages and, crucially, co-evolved with them. Like spoken language, signed languages are not universal. Many wholly autonomous natural signed languages are used within distinct Deaf cultures…

American Sign Language (ASL) information and resources.

American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body.