Im Taking An Introduction To Disability Studies Course This Semester And Because My Instructor Is Incredible,

i’m taking an introduction to disability studies course this semester and because my instructor is incredible, all of the material we’ve been reading is available as pdfs, so i decided to start a google drive of that plus some other pieces i’ve collected. if you want to check out some disability lit it’s here!

it’ll be updated about weekly through december with what we’ve read in class that week. if you have any pdfs you’d like to share feel free to send me a dm and i’d love to add them!

if you have your textbooks on pdf also I would love to read those!!

great! ok so here is a link to a dropbox i made, some of these are textbooks i used for class and some of them are textbooks i just like found online at some point :-) enjoy

and while we’re at it you didn’t ask but i also have a dropbox with a bunch of language textbooks for various languages which can be found here !! :-) (includes: ASL, arabic, chinese, croation, czech, danish, dutch, estonian, french, german, hebrew, hungarian, icelandic, italian, lithuanian, norwegian, portuguese, romanian, russian, spanish, swedish, tagalog, and turkish)

hey remember to be especially supportive to people with ocd/anxiety related to germs and contamination during the coronavirus situation. we are struggling.

I have that one adjective on my mind but what’s the word? I try Google and the dictionary/thesaurus and still can’t find it. Sometimes even the easiest of words can be a struggle; it happens. Eventually it came to me or I made a discovery in something I was reading. These are those words, with added extras that I thought would be good to use. To be updated if I find more.

A: abhorrent, abrasive, absurd, abysmal, accrue, adage, affirm, affront, aghast, agitate, agony, amicable, amid, ardent, ascend, audacious, autonomy

B: balk, baritone, benevolent, bereft, bewilder, bitter, blanch, bravado, brisk, bristle, broad, brusque

C: chaste, chortle, clench, clinical, cohesion, coil, command, complacent, compliant, condescend, contemplative, copious, cordial, covet, coy, crass, croon 

D: debauch, decisive, deign, denigrate, derisive, derision, desolate, despair, detest, devotion, dilate, diminish, discern, disdain, disgruntle, dismissive, distraught, droll, dulcet, dull

E: effusive, elate, elation, embolden, enigma, enrapture, ensue, enthrall, errant, ensconced, evasive, exacerbate, exalt, exasperate, exemplary, exhale, exposition

F: feign, ferocity, fervor, fizzle, flinch, flippant, flourish, flummoxed, fluster, forlorn, fragile, frail, frantic, frown, fury, futile

G: gasp, gilded, glower, grim, grimace, grotesque, gruesome, gulp, gurgle, guttural

H: halt, haphazard, haughtily, heinous, hiss, hoarsely, holistic, huff, hyperbolic 

I: immaculate, impenetrable, impervious, imploring, imposing, inadequate, incandescent, incredulous, indescribable, indignant, indomitable, inebriate, incessant, infallible, innocuous, insipid, intense, intone, intrinsic, invasive, irrefutable, irrevocable

J: jitter, jolt, jovial 

K: keen, kinetic

L: languid, lewd, limb, listless, lithe, livid, lolled, lull

M: macabre, magnificent, malice, masochist, merriment, ministration, monotony, murmur, myriad

N: nondescript, nonplussed, novice

O: obliterate, obscure, obstinate, obtrusive, obtuse, ominous, oneiric, onerous P: painstakingly, palpable, passive, pertinent, phlegmatic, placid, plaintive, platitude, pliant, plied, preen, proffered, pulse, punitive Q: quaint, quirk, quiver R: rapid, rasp, recoil, renowned, repetition, resign, reticent, retort, reverberated, ruminating, ruthless S: sardonic, savage, scrutiny, seedy, semantics, sentient, serene, sheen, shudder, simmer, smug, snarl, sneer, snickered, solace, sooth, sordid, spasm, spur, squeak, staccato, stammer, stave, stern, stoic, stoked, strain, stricken, stroke, stubble, stunning, succinct, sullen, sultry, surge, susceptible, sycophant

T: tacit, taciturn, taut, tawdry, tender, tentative, thrash, thrill, thrive, throb, toneless, trembling, tremor, tumultuous, twitch U: utter, utile V: validity, vehement, venal, versatile, visceral, vitriol, void, voracious W: wean, whim, whimper, whir, wholly, wicked, winced, wistful, writhe X-Z: None

ASL (American Sign Language) Learning Resource List

So, I’ve compiled a list of all the best resources I’ve found during my experience learning ASL.

YouTube Channels

YouTube is a massively helpful resource for me. Here are some of my favorite channels-

Bill Vicars

I cannot stress enough how great this channel is! The majority of his videos are presented as lessons, ranging from 10-40 minutes. I love the format and style of each lesson, and they give you enough time to properly understand each new sign. This was by far my favorite channel.

Kateemaria

Her videos are shorter, but she presents all the information quickly and concisely They’re really good for maybe a quick review, or learning specific categories.

Nyle DiMarco

Modelling aside, he does have some great videos that teach some basic ASL. Just keep in mind he doesn’t have too many videos on ASL yet, so you’ll want to use other resources along with this one.

Apps

I found all of these in the app store, but some might be found elsewhere . I’ve tried several of these, and others I’ve heard great things about.

The ASL App

The majority of this app is free, although you do have to pay $10 or so to get everything else. There’s a slow motion option and, it generally just explains everything pretty well.

SignSchool

Has a really huge collection of words, and has review games to help you learn and memorize. This app is completely free.

ASL:Fingerspelling (Lifeprint.com)

This app was created by Dr. Bill Vicars (from above) and it helps you learn to read fingerspelling. It’s a really great tool for beginners and people looking to touch up or review. He also has

ASL:Numbers (Lifeprint.com)

This app is just like the fingerspelling one, only for learning numbers.

Websites

Lifeprint

This site is basically the ultimate resource. Again, by Bill Vicars. Includes his videos, self-study lessons, Deaf Culture study materials, and other resources.

SignSchool

This is the website for the app mentioned above. Mostly it just explains the app a lot better than I did.

Signing Savvy

An online ASL dictionary as well as a great resource to find videos and other learning materials.

Handspeak

This site is an incredible resource for learning ASL, I honestly cannot recommend it enough.

Books

Please keep in mind I have not read all of these books, some are just ones I’ve heard great things about.

Knack American Sign Language by Suzie Chafin

Learn Sign Language in a Hurry: Grasp the Basics of American Sign Language Quickly and Easily by Irene Duke

Everything Sign Language Book: American Sign Language Made Easy by Irene Duke

A Basic Course in American Sign Language by Carol Padden, Terrence J. O’Rourke, and Tom Humphries