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This is awesome.

Since we are focusing on signs from restaurants I thought it would be interesting to see if there are any restaurants owned by or for the deaf. Then I found this article about a place in San Francisco that sells pizza. Enjoy.

That's a really cool article! I hope they make!! I'm not sure how big the deaf community is in SF, but hopefully it's enough to keep them going. I wish more hearing ppl would eat there. Next time I'm in SF I will stop by.

Very cool, Rebecca! That's my old neighborhood. I'll make sure to hit it when I'm back.

Online ASL full Dictionary - This site has many various dictionaries from what we have for class to parents waning to learn sign language for their babies. "Free Sign Language Dictionary Prior to the development of sign language, deaf individuals often found it difficult to communicate with those who can hear and vice versa. Sign language changed all that, creating a solid and reliable form of communication for use in the deaf community."

*wanting

You can download ASL related apps from iTunes. It received some negative reviews but it's a pretty cool idea....

This is a 20 minute clip from a documentary on PBS called "Through Deaf Eyes". This portion of the documentary mainly talks about the movie/entertainment side of deaf history...from the stage to the Oscar backlash against Marlee Matlin to Gallaudet alumni protesting for Deaf President at the University.

Here is a dictionary of words. Unlike ASL Pro, you cannot slow the sign down to better understand it.

Deafweekly is an independent news report for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community that is mailed to subscribers on Wednesdays and available to read at www.deafweekly.com. These are the actual headlines and portions of recent deaf-related news articles.

This article is about the difficulties deaf ppl have going to the movie theater. Many theaters don't have CC so deaf ppl can't go to new releases. Some theaters advertise they have CC but apparently it rarely works so many deaf ppl go home disappointed. I guess this is just another hurdle deaf ppl have to overcome that many of the hearing population doesn't even think twice about.

I had a hard time finding true deaf ecards. I was hoping to see animated deaf ecards that actually had a character signing. This is the best site I could find. All of the cards are static and there is nothing on the inside.I think Hallmark has not realized that most deaf ppl can't read.

This site is devoted to deaf videos. Most are just youtube style videos that people make. It's amazing how fast some of the people sign. It seems impossible to ever be able to understand what they are signing, but I suppose it's just like learning any new language...with time and practice it becomes easier.

This is a bit dense in vocabulary since it's a philosophical piece, but it's very informative about the ways philosophy has suppressed the deaf by having inaccurate assumptions of what the deaf experience is like. The author aims to dispel those assumptions. Requires some mental yoga.

Here is a link to the history of Chinese Sign Language. "Chinese Sign Language (CSL) has been developing mostly since the late 1950's and its signs are like written Chinese characters."

This websites is also known as RAD. It is known as the group on english royals that are deaf. They provide employment, and youth services. Something neat to read for sure

A deaf man by the name of Joel Barish travels to view the lives of deaf people all around the world.

According to this article "LANCASTER - Nina Coyer never thought she'd see herself anywhere near Russia, especially twice in two years. Due to her involvement with Hands of Hope, a charitable social service organization, she knows she will be returning."

According to this site, worldwide, there around 20 million deaf children, 80% of whom live in developing countries. In India alone, there are 3 million deaf children. This org is an international development arm of the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS). This side provides info on their outreach in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It's eye opening to read about deaf issues from an international perspective. Example: the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 23 gives children with disabilities equal rights with respect to family life and states that children should not be separated from his or her parents on the basis of a disability. Interesting view into how other cultures approach deafness.

This is a site about Mexican Sports Organizations for the Deaf. It is a site where the Deaf of Mexico can easily find resources for schools and sports/sporting events, as well as communicate to one another about these things. The site is in Spanish, but I know with Google Chrome there is the option to translate it into English.

This site talks about the history of deaf culture, what it's like living in a deaf word, and also you can watch interview from deaf people in regards to their feeling about cochlear implants.

A chat forum for the deaf community. From the site: "Introduce yourself to deaf and hoh members here. The most popular deaf forum. A place for off topic discussions and polls, deaf chat, just about anything one wishes to speak their mind about. Do people feel like they need... Happenings around the world, deaf news, know what's going on around you."