Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Taiwan (indigenous name for Taiwan)

Created 10 April 2000, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

Taiwanese flag David Bar-TzurTaiwanese flag

map of Taiwan

Flag: World flag database.
Map: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.

For a quick, interesting resource for facts about this and other countries,
try Mystic Planet - The New Age directory of Planet Earth.

Note: Flag next to a link shows what language the website is in. This is sometimes obvious by what country the link is for or the fact that the title is in English. If I feel it may be ambiguous, I have tried to clarify by using a flag. This is done so that people can read sites in the language of their choice.

Assistive living devices Books on deafness Cochlear implants Deaf advocacy and politics Deafblind
Deaf culture Deaf education Deaf film Deaf health Deaf history and current events
Deaf organizations & clubs Deaf sports & recreation Machine interpretation or transcription Mailing lists & bulletinboards Taiwan Ziran Shouyu (Taiwanese Sign Language)
Taiwan Ziran Shouyu (Taiwanese Sign Language) dictionaries

Assistive living devices

HearingAid.com.Chinese flag

Books on deafness

Monaghan, L, Nakamura, K., Schmaling, C. & Turner, G. H. (Eds.) (May 2003). Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Twenty-four international scholars have contributed their findings from studying Deaf communities in Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the United States. Sixteen chapters consider the various antecedents of each country1s native signed language, taking into account the historical background for their development and also the effects of foreign influences and changes in philosophies by the larger, dominant hearing societies. ISBN 1-56368-135-8

Cochlear implants

Cochlear family.Chinese flag

Deaf advocacy and politics

Taipei Times. (16 April 2002). Taipei city councilor speaks for the deaf in legislative quest.

Deafblind

Deaf culture

DeafTODAY. (2003, October 27). Taiwanese supermodel doesn't let disability hold her back. One of Taiwan's top fashion models is also a popular television news anchor and a best-selling author. Wang Hsiao-shu or Sue Wang, doesn't let her disability stop her from fulfilling her dreams. At 33, Sue has almost everything a woman could ever aspire to be - good looks, great job, wonderful personality and friends and family who love her. But she is deaf.

Jingo Chen: In remembrance.UK flag,Chinese flag

Taiwan Deaf Directory.

Deaf education

Deaf Hearingdisable of Long - An elementary school.Chinese flag

Huteson, G. Report on social, education, and sociolinguistic issues that impact the deaf and hard of hearing population of Taiwan.

Ju, J-M. The effect of multimedia stories about American Deaf celebrities on Taiwanese hearing students' attitudes toward job opportunities for the Deaf.

Leila Monaghan, L., Schmaling, C., Nakamura, K. and Turner, G. H. (eds). Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities: Chapter twelve - The Chiying School of Taiwan: A Foreigner’s Perspective.

National Taichung Special Education School for The Hearing Impaired 國立台中啟聰學校 .Chinese flag,UK flag

Taipei School for the Deaf.Chinese flag,UK flag

Zooomr. Tainan School for the Deaf.

聋人教育网.

 96年度臺北市立啟聰學校升學大專院校上榜名單.

Deaf film

www.disabilityfilms.co.uk.

Deaf health

耳聋,放心医苑耳聋大全.

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全国爱耳日-搜狐健康.

耳聋_神经性耳聋_全民健康网.

聋儿康复在线——全国聋儿康复事业网站.

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慧耳听力生物科技有限公司.

天津耳聋耳鸣网.

Deaf history and current events

Jingo Chen: In remembrance.UK flagChinese flag

Microsoft.com. (19 July 2001). Microsoft Taiwan lends a hand of hope.

Deaf organizations and clubs

Chang, D. (6 August 2001). Finding a voice for the deaf. The Children's Hearing Foundation, founded by Joanna Nichols of California, offers deaf children in Taiwan a chance to lead normal lives through a new form of therapy.

Children's Hearing Foundation.UK flagChinese flagOur purpose is to help deaf children learn to listen and talk fluently. The CHF combines modern teaching methods (Auditory-Verbal) with the latest technology in hearing aids and cochlear implants, to allow deaf children to speak, go to regular schools, and live full, normal lives in the hearing world.

Chinese Deaf Association.UK flagChinese flagPurpose: To promote academic research into Deaf culture, to further the education of the hearing-impaired, to improve welfare benefits for the hearing-impaired, and to assist the government in planning for a barrier-free environment for hearing-impaired people.

Chinese National Association of the Deaf, R.O.C. 中華民國聽障人協會Chinese flagUK flagFor English , click here. Chinese National Association of the Deaf, R.O.C. established on August 9, 1992, was initiated and organized by Chinese overseas deaf from the United States and domestic enthusiastic far-sighted deaf in different walks of the society. It is also a national legal social group, with domestic and foreign people to work together for the welfare of the deaf education and for the purpose of sign language learning. The purpose of the Association is to improve the deaf living through the activities on deaf culture, arts, skill, sports and publishing in accordance with the current government policy. Meanwhile, it aims to promote and develop the living space free of obstacles to the deaf and further protect their rights, interests and well-being.

Chinese Taipei Sports Association of the Deaf.Chinese flag

National Association of the Deaf in the Republic of China.

The National Women's League Foundation For The Hearing Impaired.Chinese flag

http://www.nad.org.tw/Chinese flag

生命力新聞: 寂靜的世界 有聾人協會陪伴.

Deaf sports

Chinese Taipei Sports Association of the Deaf.Chinese flag

International Martial Arts Federation of the Deaf: Taiwanese Deaf Martial Artists.

Snap of 21st Summer Deaflympics Progress.

Machine interpretation or transcription

Rung-Huei Liang. A real-time gesture recognition system for Taiwanese Sign Language.

Mailing lists & bulletinboards

聋星论坛.

Taiwan Ziran Shouyu (Taiwanese Sign Language)

Ethnologue. Taiwanese Sign Language: A language of Taiwan.

Fingeralphabet Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapur, Taiwan (Fingerspelling in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapor, and Taiwan).

Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache. Taiwanese Sign Language.

-->International bibliography of sign language. --> Click on "T", then on "Taiwanese Sign Language".

Schembri, A., C. Jones & D. Burnham. (2005, April 27). Comparing action gestures and classifier verbs of motion: Evidence from Australian Sign Language, Taiwan Sign Language, and nonsigners' gestures without speech.

Sign Language Association, Kaohsiung City.Chinese flag

Smith, W. H. (2005). Taiwan Sign Language research: A historical overview.

Wikipedia. Taiwanese Sign Language.

Taiwan Ziran Shouyu (Taiwanese Sign Language) dictionaries

Bar-Tzur, D. Indigenous signs for cities: Taiwan.

Taiwan Headlines. Academics launch most comprehensive sign-language book. The world's most comprehensive sign language reference book was launched at the National Science Council (國科會) on Thursday. Led by professors Tai Hau-yi and Jane Tsai, a group of doctoral candidates from the linguistic department of National Chung Cheng University compiled the first "Taiwan Sign Language Reference Grammar" book and pioneered an online TSL digital dictionary.

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