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This two-part video, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, is presented in American Sign Language by Howard Rosenblum, a disabilities rights lawyer. The videos describe the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and how it applies to postsecondary education. The first video runs 32:56 minutes in length and describes the ADA in...

This web page, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides a 12-page guide on assistive listening systems. This guide includes an overview of personal implication devices, assistive listening systems, institutional and student responsibility for equipment, law requirements, types of listening systems, tips for faculty and...

This DeafTEC webpage provides best teaching strategies, based on Universal Design for instructors teaching in a mainstreamed classroom with a mix of hearing, deaf, and hard-of-hearing students. The goal of these strategies is to improve teaching practice that will provide greater access to learning for deaf and hard-of-hearing students but will...

This webpage, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides a 2-page tip sheet about cochlear implants. A brief overview is included and the following questions are discussed: how do cochlear implants (CI) work, what are the parts of a CI, how does a CI produce sound, and what accommodations will a person with CIs need? A list...

This webpage, made available by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, includes a report that provides "a comprehensive overview of the most current data on employment trends and trajectories for deaf individuals in the United States, serving as a resource for community members, advocates, educators, researchers, and policy makers."...

This website, from the National Deaf Center on Post Secondary Outcomes, includes a 51-page PDF guide intended for early career professionals "on understanding legal requirements to help provide equal opportunity and access for deaf individuals in postsecondary institutions." The guide includes references to federal agency guidelines, outcome...

This web page, made available by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides information on interpreters. Topics covered include an overview of interpreting, types of interpreting, achieving certification, important skills, and more. Links to additional resources, a free introduction to interpreting module, and videos are also...

This website, from the National Deaf Center, includes resources that are intended to help deaf people succeed in college and careers. Resources include "guides, templates, overviews, publications, videos, and more. [These] resources are developed by experts, covering a variety of topics to support evidence-based practices in postsecondary outcomes...

This webpage, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, includes a 2-page tip sheet that provides information about sign language interpreters in the classroom. This resource includes a brief overview and discusses the following questions: what is the role of the interpreter in the classroom, what should I do if my student is...

This webpage, made available by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, features 2-page resource that provides information about speech-to-text services for the deaf and those with hearing impairments. Speech-to-text is defined as an "umbrella term used to describe an accommodation where spoken communication and other auditory...