Search Terms
These selected terms can be used to search Voyager, our online catalog, for material our library has or
for searching for magazine, journal and newspaper articles using one of the library's indexes and databases.

Harper Library Materials

• Reference

A Guide to colleges for hearing impaired students. REF HV2551 .G85 1986

Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. REF HV2365 .G35 1987

A Dictionary of idioms for the deaf. REF PE1460 .D47 1975

The K & W guide to colleges for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders. REF LC4818.38 .K7 1999

Learning disabilities sourcebook. REF LC4705 .L434 1998

Peterson's colleges with programs for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders. REF L901 .P458 1997

Community resources for the disabled person in the Chicago metropolitan area. REF HV1555 .M3

Directory of living aids for the disabled person. REF HV1553 .D55

Directory of facilities and services for the learning disabled. REF LC3993 .D5

The encyclopedia of learning disabilities. REF LC4704.5 .T86 2001

Colleges with programs for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders. REF LC4818.38 .C655

Handbook of Learning Disabilities. REF LC4704 .H364 2003

• Mainstacks

• Videos/DVD's

Viewpoints. Media HV2395 .V54 2000

American culture, the deaf perspective. Media HV2545 .A44 1984

American Annals of the Deaf (Print: July 1986-April 2002; Electronic: FirstSearch; March 1996-)

ASHA (Print: 1975-1999; Electronic: 1994-1999)

ASHA Leader (Print: 1996-2001; Electronic: 2000-)

Deaf American (Print: September 1975-July 1984, 1988-1989)

Deaf Life

Journal of Disability Policy Studies (Print: 1991-2002; Electronic: December 2001-)

NADmag (National Association of the Deaf)

Sign Language and Linguistics (Print: 1999)

Sign Language Studies

Statistical Resources

Chartbook on Disability in the United States (1996)
Prepared for: U. S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Washington, D. C. Each page contains a topic question, explanatory text on the topic, and a graphic (or table) that provides data in an easy-to-read form.


Web Journals and Articles

Disabilities News and Media

U.S. Government Resources

ADA American Disabilities Act
ADA Information page from the U. S. Department of Justice.

Federal Communications Commission: Disabilities Issues
"It is a very high priority with us that people with disabilities--such as a hearing, visual, speech, or other types of disability--get the same opportunities as everyone else to telecommunicate. This website features information and resources on: TRS; Section 255; Video Description; Closed Captioning; More Disability Issues." (web)

National Council on Disability
An independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities. Includes a monthly update bulletin of activities.

NIMH, National Institute of Mental Health
Offers information for the public, for practitioners, and for researchers on specific areas of disability.

R S A, Rehabilitation Services Administration
Under the auspices of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Service, United States Department of Education, RSA provides national leadership for, and administration of, service projects and rehabilitation training discretionary grant programs, the Randolph-Sheppard vending facilities and Helen Keller National Center programs.

U. S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
Mission is to provide leadership to increase employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities.

State and Local Resources

Chicago Hearing Society
Chicago Hearing Society’s mission is to empower deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people to communicate with each other, thereby lessening the isolation which separates them.

Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
A group of individuals dedicated to discussing the need for a State Commission to address the needs and concerns of the deaf and hard of hearing citizens of Illinois.

Illinois Department of Human Services: Division of Services for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Services for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing including those who are Late Deafened, Deafblind.

Illinois School for the Deaf
Opened in 1846, Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD) is the nation's seventh oldest school for the deaf.

Illinois Teachers of Hard of Hearing and Deaf Individuals
llinois Teachers of Hard of Hearing and Deaf Individuals (ITHI) is a non-for-profit organization of teachers and other professionals that work with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students across Illinois.

Great Lakes ADA Center

Anixter Center
Primary function: job placement. Work with graduated students with disabilities and adults with disabilities seeking employment. Pre and post employment supports avilable: job development help and job coaching.


Organizations

AAPD, American Association of People with Disabilities
"The largest nonprofit, nonpartisan, cross-disability organization in the United States.


Related Links

Deafness/Hard of Hearing

Last Updated 05/12/09