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This document describes the language of American Sign and discusses the history of its development, having been standardized in the early 1800s.

In this paper, the author describes her experience in learning to become an advocate for Deaf survivors of domestic violence. She emphasizes the importance of both linguistic and cultural competency, and the necessity of key collaborations towards successful advocacy work.

This resource offers information related to American Sign Language interpreters, including a detailed description about services they provide.

This chart compares two contrasting views of deafness: 1) as pathology and 2) as a difference. It provides helpful explanations of what a person might think or how they may behave.

This webpage provides a list of various definitions of audism and several references that provide in-depth discussion of the concept.