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Recent Blog Posts
How to Read and Sign a Story with Your Child
Watch this video to get lots of useful tips about how to read and sign a story with deaf and hard of hearing children and boost their literacy skills!
ASL Videos from DawnSign Press – Free for 3 months!
Dawnsign Press makes ASL stories, poetry, and educational videos available to teachers and families for a period of three months.
Literacy at Home: Make a Tactile Experience Book!
Learn how to make a tactile experience book – a fun way to promote literacy for any child, but especially useful for deafblind children.
New ASL Alphabet and Numbers Posters from ASDC
Learn the ASL alphabet and ASL numbers 1-20 with this bright and playful poster designed by our deaf graphic design interns from RIT.
ASDC Newsletter – March 2020
Kids out of school? Watch ASL Story Time videos and sign your favorite stories at home. Also, learn how to get free sessions of SignOn with ASDC – and practice ASL online with a deaf ambassador.
ASL Story Time: Amelia’s Fantastic Flight
Watch Maggie Lambertson’s beautiful ASL interpretation of the children’s storybook “Amelia’s Fantastic Flight” by Rose Bursik.
Talking to Kids about Coronavirus: ASL & English Resources
Updated 3/24/20 As our nation takes steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, children may worry about how the situation will affect them - and you. Here are some resources from trusted sources, both in English and ASL, to help you get the information you need to...
Book Review: ABC Portraits of Deaf Ancestors
Read our review of this powerful and beautifully illustrated book for children about the accomplishments of Deaf individuals from a variety of backgrounds.
Join us! Parent Leadership Learning Party – March 8
You're invited! When: March 8, 2020 from 9am to 4pm Where: EHDI Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO What: Join us at the 19th annual Early Hearing Detection and Intervention meeting where ASDC is hosting a Parent Leadership Learning Party. Who: Parents of deaf or hard...
Give the Gift of ASL
More than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, most of whom don’t know American Sign Language (ASL). Sign language plays an essential role in language development for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Find out how you can help parents of deaf children learn ASL!
