Resources
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Accessibility & Disability
- Advocating for Disability Justice in Designby Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield2023
- I Lost My Ability to Speak After Surgery—Here's What the Passy Muir® Valve Means to Meby Alice Wong2023
- Why we all need subtitles nowby Vox2023
- Care Tactics: Hacking an ableist worldby Laura Mauldin2022
- Disability Dongleby Liz Jackson, Alex Haagaard and Rua Williams2022
- Is Your Organization Inclusive of Deaf Employees?by Roberta J. Cordano2022
- A Guide For Co-Creating Access & Inclusionby Taeyoon Choi2021
- Activating Captionsby Christine Sun Kim and Niels Van Tomme2021
- Vox Media has built a visual way to experience podcastsby Sarah Scire2021
- ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: 16 Moments in the Fight for Disability Rightsby Julia Carmel2020
- 28 Movies, Books, TV Shows (and More) That Explore Disability Cultureby Deborah Leiderman2020
- Accessibility resourcesby Christine Sun Kim and Niels Van Tomme2020
- Before the A.D.A., There Was Section 504by Julia Carmel2020
- How to Make Exhibitions and Art Events Accessibleby Emily Watlington2020
- Ableism 101by Ashley Eisenmenger2019
- Accessibility in the Arts: A Promise and a Practiceby Carolyn Lazard2019
- Critical Creative Corrective Cacophonous Comical: Closed Captionsby Emily Watlington2019
- The Radical Accessibility of Video Art (For Hearing People)by Emily Watlington2019
- 10 Principles of Disability Justiceby Sins Invalid2015
- Places to startby Disability Intersectionality Summit
- Resourcesby Disability is Diversity & Inevitable Foundation
Apps
Books
- How to Communicateby John Lee Clark2023
- True Bizby Sara Nović2023
- Deaf Utopiaby Nyle DiMarco with Robert Siebert2022
- All The Given Namesby Raymond Antrobus2021
- Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableismby Elsa Sjunneson2021
- Continuumby Chella Man2021
- Once Upon a Twinby Raymond Luczak2021
- The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafnessby Katie Booth2021
- Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Lawby Haben Girma2020
- Hearing Happinessby Jaipreet Virdi2020
- The Hidden Treasure of Black ASLby Carolyn McCaskill2020
- Deaf Republicby Ilya Kaminsky2019
- The Perseverance2018
- Made to Hearby Laura Mauldin2016
- Far From the Treeby Andrew Solomon2012
- I’ll Scream Laterby Marlee Matlin2010
- Mean Little Deaf Queerby Terry Galloway2010
- Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking(collected essays), Ed. H-Dirksen L. Bauman2007
- Dancing in Odessa2004
- Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhoodby Paddy Ladd2003
- Sounds like Home, Growing Up Black and Deaf in the Southby Mary Herring Wright1999
- Deaf In America: Voices from a Cultureby Carol Padden and Tom Humphries1990
Deaf 101
Documentaries, Films & TV Series
- Echo2023
- Name Me Lawand2023
- The Circle: Season 52022
- The Tuba Thieves2022
- CODAfilm2021
- Eternals2021
- Godzilla vs. Kong2021
- Mao's Last Dancer and wife Mary Li on raising their deaf daughter, Sophie2021
- Only I Can Hear2021
- A Quiet Place Part II2020
- Crip Camp2020
- Deaf U2020
- CODAshort2019
- Sound of Metal2019
- A Quiet Place2018
- Deaf Child2017
- The Silent Child2017
- Kills on Wheels2016
- Gangsta 20212015
- Switched at Birth2012
- The Hammer2010
- Beyond Silence1996
- Passport Without a Country1991
- Children of a Lesser God1986
Videos
- Deaf Representation Is Improving in Film and TV, but Falls Short in Video Games, Animation and Kids TVby Jazz Tangcay2023
- Celebrating the Deaf community on International Day of Sign Languagesby YouTube2022
- The hidden history of "Hand Talk"by Vox2022
- Closer Captionsby Christine Sun Kim2020
- The Enchanting Music of Sign Languageby Christine Sun Kim2015
- Sesame Street 687: The Little Theatre of the Deaf visits1974
- Handspeak Korea
- STEM Signsby Atomic Hands
Interpreting
- Friendterping: How Deaf and Hearing Friends Co-Navigate the Worldby Rachel Kolb and Timothy Y. Loh2022
- American Sign Language Interpreting: The Size and State of the Marketingby Nimdzi2021
- Meet June the Certified Deaf Interpreter | Deaf@Work Seriesby NAD2021
- BIPOC Interpreting Resourcesby Joseph C. Hill
- Street Leverage
Read
- British Vogue Disability Portfolioby Sinéad Burke2023
- Fake sign language is spreading on TikTok. Deaf people are worried.by Amanda Morris2023
- Korean deaf LGBT activists create new signs to express identities with prideby Lee Hae-rin2023
- Sign Language May Be Older Than Thoughtby Emilio Ferreiro2023
- DeafBlind Communities May Be Creating a New Language of Touchby Andrew Leland2022
- Activating Captions Magazineby Argos Arts2021
- Against Accessby John Lee Clark for McSweeney’s 64: The Audio Issue2021
- Alexander Graham Bell's war on sign languageby Phillip Adams a radio interview with Katie Booth2021
- American Sign Language Finds Its Spotlightby Jake Nevins2021
- Black, Deaf and Extremely Onlineby Allyson Waller2021
- Clevelander Charles “Chuck” Williams Has Been Fighting for Black Deaf Lives For More Than 70 Yearsby Erin Feher2021
- Devoted to the Deaf, Did Alexander Graham Bell Do More Harm Than Good?by Andrew Solomon on Katie Booth’s book a review2021
- I was fortunate to get my vaccination, but the hurdles are too great for many other Deaf peopleby Sara Nović2021
- Lauren Ridloff is speaking truth to powerby Lauren Ridloff2021
- Music is not the antithesis to Deaf culture – audism isby Liam O'Dell2021
- Screening Deafnessby Lennard J. Davis2021
- The COVID Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Languageby Sarah Katz2021
- The harmful ableist language you unknowingly useby Sara Nović2021
- The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness2021
- The Resonance of Silenceby Katie Booth for McSweeney’s 64: The Audio Issue2021
- Three Fictionsby Sara Nović2021
- Unsound: The Legacy of Alexander Graham Bellby CBC Radio2021
- Work as Sign Language Interpreters is a Privilege, not a Rightby Not An Angry Deaf Person2021
- “WAP” and the Fetishization of ASLby Sara Nović2020
- Do deaf communities actually want sign language gloves?by Joseph Hill2020
- I Performed at the Super Bowl. You Might Have Missed Meby Christine Sun Kim 20202020
- Mothering While Deaf in a Newly Quiet Worldby Shoshannah Stern2020
- White Deaf Privilege. Is white Deaf Privilege Real?by David A. Player2020
- You're Wrong About "Koko The Gorilla"by Mike and Sarah2020
- A Voice More Beautiful Than Blueby Katie Booth2019
- Longmore Lecture: Context, Clarity & Groundingby Talila A. Lewis2019
- Tactile Artby John Lee Clark2019
- The Deaf President Now Protest ep388by The Dollop2019
- Navigating Laws and Accessibility in Exhibition Practicesby Christine Sun Kim2018
- Deaf West artistic director David Kurs: Why deaf actors should be cast to play deaf charactersby Jessica Gelt2017
- Sensations of Soundby Rachel Kolb2017
- Why Sign Language Gloves Don’t Help Deaf Peopleby Michael Erard2017
- Deaf People Don’t Need New Communication Tools, Everyone Else Doesby Alex Lu2016
- Sign of the Timesby Sara Nović2016
- The Sign for Thisby Katie Booth2015
- ‘Disabling’ the Museum: Curator as Infrastructural Activistby Amanda Cachia2013
- The Rest is Silenceby Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield2012
- Black Deaf Culture Through the Lens of Black Deaf Historyby Benro Ogunyipe
Kids
Learn
Linguistics
- How a Visual Language Evolves as Our World DoesUS2022
- Perceptual optimization of language: Evidence from American Sign LanguageUS2022
- Deaf actor Troy Kotsur creates TSL; Tusken Sign Language for The Mandalorian2020
- ASL-LEXUS
- Avatar hire renowned deaf actor CJ Jones to create sign language
- Hearing SpeakUS