American Sign Language

This website/webapp HandSpeak® is a popular go-to sign language and Deaf culture online resource for college students and learners, language and culture enthusiasts, interpreters, homeschoolers, parents, and professionals across North America for language learning, practice and self-study.

Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada.

Click on the letters to access the video dictionary which features children who are native ASL signers demonstrating basic signs and sentences.

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is one of the institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Established in 1988, the NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. Established in 1880, the NAD was shaped by deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its interests represented at the national level.

The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) is committed to empowering diverse families with Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing children and youth by embracing full access to language-rich environments through mentoring, advocacy, resources, and collaborative networks.

The World Federation of the Deaf is a global organization working to ensure equal rights for 70 million people around the globe.

The mission of the National Deaf Center (NDF) is to share information, networks, and strategies to improve continuing education and training for deaf people.