Internet Resources List

National resources:

• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) www.rid.org    (info on RID and interpreting in general)
• Americans with Disabilities Act Homepage http://www.ada.gov/
• ADA Tax Incentives Packet http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/taxpack.htm  (tax incentives for business to hire                interpreters)
• National Association of the Deaf  http://www.nad.org

State and local resources:

• Deaf Web Washington http://www.deafweb.org/  (WA state Deaf info and other stuff)
• Washington State Association of the Deaf http://www.wsad.org/
• Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS): http://www.adwas.org/
• Office of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (ODHH) http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/odhh/
              (Regional Service Center links and link to DSHS Interpreter Contract and list)

Deafness/Interpreting Resources:

• National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Deaf Index
              Searchable Database www.ntid.rit.edu/terpref
              (many resources in here – Deaf culture, Deaf studies, sign languages, periodicals/journals, ASL             dictionaries – the librarian will send you copies of articles)
• The Interpreter’s Friend www.theinterpretersfriend.com
              (mostly science and religious signs but no video)
• Western Region Interpreter Education Center (WRIEC) www.wou.edu/education/sped/wriec/lendinglibrary.htm 
              (borrow materials two at a time for $5.00 each time – go into Lending Library catalog)
• Gallaudet Library Index to Deaf Periodicals:http://liblists.wrlc.org/gadpi/home.htm
              (back issues of Deaf literature/journal articles)
• Deaf Nation http://www.deafnation.com/   (Deaf current event videos, etc)
• Deaf Blogs and News http://www.deafread.com/
              (more videos and “vlogs” – good for receptive practice and current events)

For performing arts interpreting:

• Deaf Performing Artists Network http://d-pan.com/
              (Deaf people doing music videos… that’s just cool)
• The ASL Shakespeare Project www.aslshakespeare.com
              (watch ASL Shakespeare…cool)
• Theaters, Allies and Deaf Audiences http://www.tadanw.org/
              (info on interpreted theater in Seattle area)

For medical interpreting:

• Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Health Information, Education and
              Video Dictionary http://www.deafdoc.org/  (female Deaf doctor’s website for Deaf patients/interpreters)
• Information for Medical Interpreting http://www.medicalinterpreting.org/

For educational interpreting K-12 and postsecondary:

• Captioned Media Programs (CMP) www.dcmp.org
              (borrow CDs/DVDs/videos for free with free account – go to Interpreting – some you can view on-line              immediately)
• Washington Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS)   http://www.wsdsonline.org/index.html       
              (lending library of many materials on deafness and interpreting to borrow with free account)
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University
              http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
              (lots of info about deaf ed in general – Odyssey is free K-12 magazine print subscription or back issues              on the internet)
• Classroom Interpreting www.classroominterpreting.org
              (info on K-12 interpreting and the EIPA)
• Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PepNet) Resource Center
              http://prc.csun.edu
              (info mostly on Post Secondary disability services but go into the Product catalog and there are cheap              resources available for signs, etc – esp. math and gov’t.)
• Clearinghouse on Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science (COMETS)               http://www.rit.edu/~comets/pages/lexicon/     (science signs with video clips)
• Needs Outreach ASL Libraries http://www.needsoutreach.org/Pages/sl.html
              (ASL signs and video for biology, math, history, geography and more)
• Kemp Visual Communications www.kemp-visualcommunications.com
              (weekly streaming video of current issues in ASL but not free)
• National Deaf Education Project http://www.ndepnow.org/
              (a national parent-driven group that wants to improve deaf ed – they have a program called Hands and             Voices that WA will soon join)
• Educational Interpreter Job Description http://www.deaflinx.com/Interpreting/terpjob.html
              (a lovely example of a ed terp job description)
• National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Materials http://ncrtm.org/
              (digital library of materials available on-line)
• Florida Dept. of Ed. Technical Assistance Paper on ed terps http://www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/pdf/y1995-5.pdf              (Washington State should have one of these to assist administrators with hiring and supervising ed terps)
• Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind Education in Washington   http://www.dhhedwa.org/index.html
              (project with the WA State Institute for Public Policy to investigate deaf ed in WA – first report from              the project January 2007
• Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Act Homepage: http://idea.ed.gov/
              (federal legislation on deaf education)