ASL Resources

• The ASL glossary project of UMCom

• Download a flyer you can share about the project
  
• “See it! Say it! Sign it!” a video about ASL in worship from the Minnesota Conference.
  
• What is Sign Language?
• A few things to know about ASL (NPR)
  
• The story of ASL
  
• Online Sign Language Dictionary (list)
• Signing Savvy, “your sign language resource” allows the user to type in a word or phrase and watch it in ASL. It shows some variations, and could be a good site for reference purposes. Because signs may vary from region to region, these are only examples of possible signs, and users may wish to look into local resources for learning sign language as well.

• Signing Families has materials to teach ASL to various groups, such as emergency responders.
• Sign Language Book Creator
• "The enchanting music of sign language," a TED talk by Christine Sun Kim.
  
• The history of sign language amd how it started a movement: a review of R. Edwards, Words Made Flesh: Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture.
• A glimpse of sign language history: Tia Ghose, "300-year-old manual reveals to help deaf speak," (NBC Science).
• How ASL evolves: Internet Slang Meets American Sign Language
• "Offer Deaf Children Education in Sign Language" from Human Rights Watch: article and video (captioned, with some signing).
• A Video Phone makes ASL communication easy
• Sorenson Video Phone