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Organizations
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.-Information on membership, testing, issues from the U.S. professional association of interpreters for deaf people
ADARA-American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association
Alexander Graham Bell Association
American Sign Language Teachers Association
Conference of Interpreter Trainers
Deaf Women United
Florida Association of the Deaf
Georgia RID Chapter
National Association of the Deaf-Home Page of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
National Cued Speech Association
National Hispanic Council of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
North Carolina Association of the Deaf
North Carolina RID Chapter
PEPNet-Postsecondary Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Potomac Chapter of RID
South Carolina Association of the Deaf
Tennessee RID Chapter
Virginia RID Chapter
A Short History of National Black Deaf Advocates
Other Federal Interpreter Training Programs
Region I – Northeastern University
Region II – LaGuardia Community College
Region III – Gallaudet University
Region IV – The University of Tennessee
Region V – The College of St. Catherine
Region VI – The University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Region VII – Johnson County Community College
Region IX-El Camino Community College
Region X-Western Oregon University
Other Interpreter Training Programs
ASL Linguistics Research Project-A cooperative venture among Boston University, Gallaudet University, Dartmouth College and Rutgers University funded by the National Science Foundation
Deaf Digest-Maintained by Barry Strassler
Deaf Resources-Provided by the Virginia Office of Special Education. Includes information on a variety of special education topics.
Gallaudet University Home Page
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Pointers for Working with Interpreters by Willard Madsen-Provided by Disability Support Services of UND
Rights of Deaf People Under ADA-Provided by Michigan Association for Deaf, Hearing and Speech Services
What is an Interpreter?-Provided by Regional Service Center for Hearing Impaired People
Sites for Students of Sign Language
The Use of Indigenous Signs for Other Countries
An article from the Detroit News November 4, 1996
Fingerspelling Quiz
Online Sign Language Dictionary-Provided by Michigan State University
SignStream Project– A project to enable researchers to capture the production of signs and do online analysis.