Resource Links

• Alliance for Families with Deaf Children
• ASL-Access - ASL Access is a 100% volunteer, non-profit organization providing American Sign Language video resources to libraries.
• BEGINNINGS - for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• B-GLAD - Bakersfield office of Greater LA Council on Deafness
• Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness Inc. (GLAD) - GLAD also has an office in Bakersfield, B-GLAD).
• Parent Links - Parent to parent network of deaf parents.
• IMPACT - Independently Merging Parents Association of California Together, for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
• The DeafZONE - A wonderful site with tons of resource for Deaf people on the Internet
• Gallaudet University - Lots of information pertaining to deafness, statistics, and research.
• The Deaf Resource Library - "...an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States."
• DeafToday - Current news in the Deaf community.
• Deafness.About.com - Great information and personal stories, as well as a message board, chat room, and links to other great sites.
• The Deaf Directory - Find, meet, and greet other Deaf people on the web.
• HandSpeak - visual languages, communication, culture and art
• Hands and Voices - a non-profit, parent-driven national organization dedicated to supporting families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• Lesson Tutor - Lesson plans and resources for teaching and tutoring children at home.
• Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Directory Project
• Deaf Ministries - A List of Deaf Ministries
• The Bakersfield Californian - Local Bakersfield newspaper, covers events and information about Bakersfield, California.