Harrison Asher Smith
Resources
Want to learn more about interpreting, Deaf Culture, or ASL?
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National Resources
“RID is a national membership organization representing the professionals who facilitate communication between people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who hear.”
“The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.”
A federally chartered university for the education of Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, located in Washington, D.C., and still the only higher education institution in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate Deaf and hard of hearing students.
Interpreting Resources
Everything you might ever need to know about the interpreting profession
“Providing accessibility to arts & cultural events for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities.”
Led by Dr. Cynthia Williams and Dr. Eileen Forestal, the "Linguistics major with a concentration in American Sign Language provides students with advanced language knowledge of American Sign Language, competence in the linguistic structure of American Sign Language, and an understanding of the status of American Sign Language as the status of the deaf cultural minority in the United States."
Local Resources
The New Jersey chapter of NAD
The New Jersey chapter of RID
"This organization was formed to provide a means for any person who is deaf, visually impaired in the State of New Jersey to receive information."
ASL Dictionary
