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• - Information on the ADA, captioning, education, and deaf humor.
  
• - A thorough petition/research paper/argumentative paper with references. Petitioning for the consideration of ASL as a foreign language. A good starting point for anyone trying to convince their school that ASL meets the requirements of a foreign language
  
• - Portal features discussion forums, links, news, and events in or around the Tampa, Florida.
  
• - Article by Karen Nakamura. Includes linguistics of ASL, the status as a foreign language, and warnings against exclusive use of dictonaries to learn ASL.
  
• - Volunteer non-profit organization that places ASL videos in public libraries. Purchase ASL videos for donations.
  
• - Form to submit sites to webring for pages directly related to American Sign Language subjects.
  
• - Linguistic research on ASL structure at Boston University. Includes information about publications and development of software to facilitate linguistic annotation and analysis of video data.
  
• - A total immersion program for ASL students through Columbus State Community College. Deaf and hearing participate.
  
• - A journal that focuses on the study of sign language and the people who use it. Quarterly archives of the journal are available online from Fall 2000.
  
• - Dedicated to American Sign Language interpreters who interpret music. It is a resource/reference point for those in need of music put into the native language of the Deaf community.
  
• - Directory, resources and links to ASL websites compiled by the University of Oregon.
  
• - Nationwide provider of Language Services in more than 150 different languages. Offers interpreting and translating, on-site interpreting, telephone interpreting, video interpreting and document translating services.
  
• - A new town plan for sign language users: deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people, to be located in McCook County, South Dakota. Includes FAQs and news.
  
• - Introduction to the topic by Jennifer Barnard. Features history and description of basic grammar.
  
• - Directory of organizations and web sites which serve the sign language community, based in Washington state, but has many general deaf-related resources.
  
• - Pictures showing how to sign greetings and phrases in American Sign Language.
  
• - Tokyo-based ASL club. In Japanese and English.
  
• - A homeschooling list-serve for families who wish to use American Sign Language in their course offerings. Courses cover history, alphabet, numbers, animals, foods, people, colors and signs used in everyday conversation.
  
• - A list of periodicals related to Deaf Culture and ASL Studies periodicals. Links, locations, and when possible, where the periodicals are indexed are also given.