Below are a list of resources both for Deaf people and those interested in supporting or learning more about Deaf people and their culture.
- State of Maine’s Department of Labor Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Late Deafened
- The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
- Maine Health, Deaf Services
- Maine Association of the Deaf
- Disability Rights Maine – Deaf Services, which also has an email newsletter you can sign up for here
Businesses owned by Deaf people
- Knotty Nieves, knitted and crocheted items for sale
- 58 Creativity, a Deaf artist online marketplace
Accounts to follow on social media
- MJ Grant, Maine-based sign language interpreter
- Melissa Elmira Yingst, Melmira on YouTube and Instagram
- The Daily Moth, offering news in videos using ASL
- Scott and Shayna, Seeing Beyond Seven Summits, Deaf mountaineers seeking to summit the tallest mountain on each of the seven continetns
- USM ASL Club
Belfast
- Colonial Theater offers subtitles on their movies every Sunday. For more information, please visit their website.
Carrie’s Book List
| Book title | Author | Deaf/Hearing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Sign Basics | Baby sign book | ||
| BABY Sign Books | Baby sign book | ||
| Baby Animal Signs | Debbi Slier | Hearing | Baby sign book |
| Animal Signs Word Signs | Kendall Press | Deaf | Baby sign book |
| Fruit and Vegetables Colorful Ocean Sweet Baby | Laura Blum | Deaf | Baby sign book, books are connected to a certain handshape, movement, or location |
| Colors First Signs Food Signs Pets and Animals | Garlic Press | Hearing | Baby sign book, some signs are incorrect |
| First Signs Get Dressed (2) Lets Eat Outside | Breindel/Carter DSP | Deaf | Baby sign book |
| My First Signs | Childs Play | Baby sign book | |
| My Sign Numbers | Kendall | Baby sign book | |
| What Do You See? | Scholastic | Hearing | Baby sign book |
| Sign Vocabulary | ? | Hearing | Baby sign book |
| Play Kit for Babies | Hearing | Baby sign book | |
| ABC Sign & Color | Hall | Hearing | Sign Language Book |
| ASL Literature Series | Bahan/Suppalla | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| ASL at Work | Dawn Sign Press | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| American Sign Language Medical Dictionary | GU Press | Hearing | Sign Language Book |
| The American Sign Language Phrase Book | Lou Fant | Hearing | Sign Language Book |
| ABC Course in ASL | Humphries/Padden/Rourke | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| HIV/AIDS | Hearing | Sign Language Book | |
| Interpreting in Medical Settings | Patrie | Hearing | Sign Language Book, very graphic, OLD |
| Medi-Sign | Garcia | Hearing? | Sign Language Book, old |
| Sign Language and the Health Care Professional | Debbie Cole | Hearing | Sign Language Book |
| Signing Naturally 2 | Dawn Sign Press | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| American Sign Language Puzzle Book | Hearing | Sign Language Book | |
| Joy of Signing Puzzle Book | Hearing | Sign Language Book | |
| Little Book of ASL | Penn School for Deaf | Sign Language Book | |
| Sign Language Series: Animals Feelings Fun Housing | Dawn Sign Press | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| Sign Language for Kids | Mickey Flodin | Hearing | Sign Language Book |
| Master ASL Level 1 | Zinza | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| Master ASL Workbook Fingerspelling, Numbers and Glossing | Zinza | Deaf | Sign Language Book |
| Signs for Sexual Behavior | Hearing | Sign Language Book | |
| Signs Book: Family and Community Foods Holidays and Celebrations Caring for Young Children Pets, Animals and Creatures | Garlic Press | Hearing | Sign Language Book, many incorrect signs |
| Visual Stories in Sign Language with VV | Brittany Castle | Deaf | Sign Language Book, a lot of grammar in here |
| A Button in her Ear | Litchfield | Hearing | Children’s Stories, a bit “look down” on Deaf |
| American Sign Language Positivity Coloring Book Winter Wonderland Coloring Book | Brittany Castle | Children’s Stories | |
| Blues Clues | Wilder | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| Busy Fingers | C.W. Bowie | Hearing? | Children’s Stories, excellent illustrations |
| Ceaser on Deaf Ears | Loren | Hearing | Children’s Stories, negative perception |
| Deaf Culture | Walter Paul Kelley | Deaf | Children’s Stories |
| Elanas Ears | Lowell | Hearing | Children’s Stories, looks down on Deaf a bit |
| Have You Ever Seen… | Smith/Jacobowitz | Children’s Stories, a few sensitive pages — read first | |
| History Through Deaf Eyes | Laurent Clerc Education Center | Deaf | Children’s Stories |
| I Deaf-Initely Can | Waldrip | Deaf | Children’s Stories |
| I’m Deaf and It’s Okay | Aseltine/Mueller/Tait | Children’s Stories, looks down on Deaf a bit | |
| I Have a Sister My Sister Is Deaf | Peterson | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| Mandy | Booth | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| Max Learns Sign Language | Klein | Hearing? | Children’s Stories |
| Monster Hands | Kane/McMillian | Deaf | Children’s Stories |
| My Cochlear Implant and Me | Hagget/Patch/French | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| My First Book of Sign Language | Scholastic | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| River of Hands | Deaf Heritage Series | Deaf | Children’s Stories |
| Too Many Hands | New Mexico School for Deaf | Deaf kids hearing teacher (ASL fluent) | Children’s Stories |
| Tyler Talks with His Hands | Angela Dufour | Hearing Parent | Children’s Stories, Maine author |
| Victory Week | Walker Paul Kelly | Deaf | Children’s Stories |
| When I Grow Up | Hodges | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| Winnie the Pooh ABC’s | Shepard | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| Words in our Hands | Litchefield | Hearing | Children’s Stories |
| A Journey into the Deaf World | Lane/Hoffmameister/Bahan | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| At Home Among Strangers | Schein | Hearing | Deaf Culture |
| A Place of their Own | Van Cleve Crouch | CODA | Deaf Culture |
| Children of a Lesser God | Play | Hearing | Deaf Culture |
| Deafened People Adjustment and Support | Woodcrock and Auyao | Hearing | Deaf Culture |
| Introduction to American Deaf Culture | Holcomb | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Again | Mark Drolsbaugh | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Artist in America: Chuck Briard | Sonnenstrahl | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf in America | Humphries/Padden | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Espirit (2) | Damara Paradis & Mark Drolsbaugh | Deaf | Deaf Culture, Deaf authors and their stories (including me) |
| Deaf Heritage | Gannon | CODA | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Gain | Bauman & Murray | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Girls Rule | Gallaudet University Press | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Like Me | Spradly | Deaf/Hearing | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf President Now | Christensen/Barnartt | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Deaf Women | Wood/Holcomb | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| For Hearing People Only | Moore, Levitan | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Know That | Dawn Sign Press | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| The Light of Deaf Women | Sofia Sietchik | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Mother/Father Deaf | Paul Preston | CODA | Deaf Culture |
| Movers and Shakers (2) | Deaf Culture | ||
| Step into the Circle | Damara Paris | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Train Go Sorry | Cohen | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Understanding Deaf Culture | Paddy Ladd | Deaf | Deaf Culture |
| Everyday I am Just Deaf | Kellina Powell | Deaf | Memoir/biography |
| Clayton Valli | Memoir/biography | ||
| I’ll Scream Later | Marlee Matlin | Deaf | Memoir/biography |
| Missed Connections | Barbara Sarcross | Heard of Hearing | Memoir/biography |
| The Butterfly Cage | Rachel Zemach | Deaf | Memoir/biography |
| Chattering | Louise Stern | Deaf | Novel |
| The Sign for Home | Blair Fell | Hearing | Novel, not accurate view |
| Alone in the Mainstream Follow up book: Turning the Tide | Gina Oliva | Deaf | Educational, author loves coming to Maine and is a friend of mine! |
| Gallaudet Today Magazine: 1. DPN 2 2. 127th Commencement | Deaf | Educational | |
| Teach Child of Sign Guide | Kendall | Educational | |
| Introduction to American Deaf Culture | Colonomos and Bienvenu | Deaf and CODA | Educational |
| Literacy and your Deaf Child | Steward and Clarke | Hearing | Educational |
| Starting with Assessment Deaf Children’s Lit | Martha French | Hearing | Educational |
| Sharing Literature with Deaf Children | Kim Burkholder | Hearing (fluent ASL) | Educational |
| Silent Garden – Raising Deaf Child | Paul Ogden | Hearing | Educational |
| Speak to Me | Forecki/GU Press | Hearing (deaf centered) | Educational |
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