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For information about a disability not listed below, go to NORDhttp://www.raredisease.org (if it is a rare condition) or NIHhttp://www.nih.gov/. NICHCY http://www.nichcy.org also has brief information sheets about many of the disabilities/conditions listed below.

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Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Including American Sign Language)

Deaf Community News
Extensive web links
http://www.msad.org

HandSpeak: A Sign Language Dictionary
Online sign language dictionary. Parts of this site are accessible only to paid subscribers.
http://www.handspeak.com/

Jewish Deaf Community Center
http://www.jdcc.org

Jewish Signers of MA
Online discussion group for signers in Massachusetts.s
Email: JewishSignersofMA@yahoogroups.com

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Information on Deafness
Links and resources. (This was formerly the National Information Center on Deafness.)
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html

Signing Jewish Families of Massachusetts
Online discussion group.
Email: SNYDERTPSA@aol.com

Survival Signs for Jewish vocabulary
List of basic sign language signs to be used in Jewish settings.
http://www.hometown.aol.com/bartzur/rlgn/vocab/srvivlsins.html

Thank you to Sandy Slavet (Email: sslavet@jfcboston.org), Disability Resource Network at Jewish Family & Children's Service, for providing this information.

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