#(especially the ones written by clandestineClairvoyant on Ao3)

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Also always remember that the Deaf/HoH community (or ASL speakers) are on Tumblr too! Actual users of ASL will probably always be glad to give pointers or put in their two cents about how well you are representing our language in your works (I know I certainly am, but always remember to ask)!

All of these resources are excellent, and the people really willing to adapt their works to portray our, admittedly hard to show in stills and in writing, language are wonderful and I hold so much love in my heart for you.

Another great resource, in my opinion, is spreadthesign, because the website hosts a wide array of countries and other languages!

I love the rise fandom for actually incorporating and using ASL in their works because it is something so rarely seen and widely accepted, and it warms my heart to no end!! ❤️❤️

@ ALL RISE FANS THAT MAKE COMICS & STORIES

So I’ve noticed that in this fandom it’s common to include Deaf/ASL-using-characters into stories, which is honestly AMAZING and makes me SO HAPPY TO SEE, but many of us aren’t deaf we rely on resources, therefore:

My ASL teacher gave us this website cause it’s updates constantly (ASL evolves lots) and it’s a lot more accurate and reliable than just google :))

To work it- type the word, and a word bank will pull up, click on the term u want and a video/description of the sign and word will appear!!!

It’s rlly simple and has most words and if it doesn’t it’s bc it’s finger spelled probs!!!!

If u want more in-depth good grammar, search up “five parameters ASL”, “glossing in ASL” and watch a few videos to see “how sentence structure differs in ASL”

As always, remember it’s ok to make mistakes/notice a mistake, just be mindful and kind :D most of us aren’t out for malice and if someone is it’ll probs be very obv 😭

Happy Creating!!