Deaf & Disability-Related Chat and Mailing Lists
AOL Deaf Chat - Sunday nights 8pm-9pm ET. Keyword: Deaf, in the Equal Access Cafe.
(AOL subscribers only.)
Deaf Chat @Deafness.about.com, requires Javascript. Chats daily 8 pm EST to ?, lunchtime chat for Deaf and hard-of-hearing professionals and
parents, daily at 12 noon EST.
DeafCHAT.com, Java-based Deaf chat site. (64K Java applet)
Deafspot.net Chat, Java-based Deaf chat site (64K Java applet), alternate site for accessing the same chat rooms.
League for the Hard of Hearing Chat Room, Java-based Deaf chat site (68K Parachat Java applet)
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Chat uses
a Perl chat script that does not require any Java or Javascript.
Access Currents, bimonthly newsletter of the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the only independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities. Subscribe
at the website.
Beyond-Hearing, originally
a mailing list for hard of hearing people, now includes anyone with hearing loss. To subscribe, send an
e-mail to: majordomo@duke.edu. Leave the subject blank.
In the body type the words: SUBSCRIBE BEYOND-HEARING.
Blind World-L. Blind World is a general discussion forum on any topic relating to blindness and
visual impairment. To subscribe send e-mail to: blind@gbx.org In
the subject line, just write the word SUBSCRIBE. The message body is ignored.
Bodies-Under-Siege-L is a mailing list/support group for those who
self-injure, and their loved ones, addressing the concerns, fears, hopes, and needs of those who have
current or past problems with self-injury. Subscribe here.
DADVOCAT-L,
for fathers of children with disabilities or special health needs. To subscribe, send e-mail to
listserv@lsv.uky.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the
body type: SUBSCRIBE DADVOCAT.
DeafAdm-L - for administrators of
schools for the deaf - residential, oral, day, mainstream, cued speech, etc. Issues discussed include
policy matters, administrative issues, grading, curriculum, legal issues, etc. Strongly discouraged are
issues such as educational philosophies, deaf culture, sign language, etc. which have their own lists.
Non-educators are also welcomed. To subscribe, send e-mail to:
majordomo@lists.sonic.net, leave subject line blank.
In the body type: SUBSCRIBE DEAFADM.
bit.listserv.deaf-l - discussion of deaf-related topics, available
either as a newsgroup or as a mailing list. See the
deaf-l Mini FAQ for more information. To subscribe, send an e-mail to
listserv@siu.edu. Leave the subject blank. In the body type:
SUB DEAF-L your-first-name your-last-name.
Barry Strassler's Deaf Digest, also home for Deaf Sportszine. A general news list. Deaf Sportszine focuses on Deaf sports news. Subscribe at the
website.
Deaf Dogs is a mailing list for owners of deaf dogs. Subscribe at the website or follow instructions there for e-mail subscription.
Deaf-OTPT mailing list
is for discussing issues in deaf occupational therapy and physical therapy. To subscribe send e-mail to
listserv.gallaudet.edu. Leave the subject line blank.
In the body type: ADD DEAFOTPT your-e-mail-address first-name last-name.
The list is maintained by Peyton Moore at Gallaudet University; for more info, e-mail her at
peyton.moore@gallaudet.edu.
EduDeaf-L is for parents, teachers, professors, and students studying to be involved in Deaf Education. To subscribe send
e-mail to: listserv@lsv.uky.edu. Leave the subject blank. In the body type SUBSCRIBE EDUDEAF.
eTRSf - electronic Telecommunications Relay Services forum moderated by Mitch Travers. Discussion of issues about telecommunication relay services and related technologies impacting the use of telephones and relay services by deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-disabled people. Participants include relay users, federal and state agencies, state regulatory bodies, nonprofit consumer and professional organizations, advisory councils and committees, telecommunications services providers and vendors. Subscribe at the website or follow instructions there for e-mail subscription.
GEOGABLE-L,
for discussion of issues relating to geography and disabilities. To subscribe, send e-mail to
listserv@lsv.uky.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the
body type: SUBSCRIBE GEOGABLE.
Guispeak-L (Access to GUI [Graphic User Interface] via Speech), which deals with screen reader issues for Macintosh and Windows, as well as application-specific problems concerning the graphical user interface. To subscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.nas.net with the following in the subject line: SUBSCRIBE GUISPEAK.
Health Care Reform Discussion List, for people interested in reforming the health care system in the U.S., an issue of vital
importance to people with disabilities. To subscribe, send e-mail to
listserv@lsv.uky.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE HEALTHRE.
ICAD - International
Coalition on Abuse and Disability, University of Alberta, Canada. To subscribe, send e-mail to:
majordomo@majordomo.srv.ualberta.ca.
Leave the subject blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE ICAD.
Media Access List (Access-l) Topics discussed
include, but are not limited to: captioning, audio description, subtitling, dubbing, Web access, and
media issues relating to deaf and disabled people. To subscribe, send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.heanet.ie. Leave the subject blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE ACCESS your-firstname your-lastname.
Meniere's Discussion Group. Discussion of Meniere's disease, including endolymphatic hydrops, autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED), and vestibular disorders confused with Meniere's. Subscribe at the website or follow instructions there for e-mail subscription.
Menieres-L - for patients, their families, and medical professionals interested in Meniere's
disease. To subscribe send an e-mail to
menieres@smtp.cochlea.com with the words SUBSCRIBE MENIERES your-first-name your-last-name in the subject. Leave the body blank.
Migrants-Weekly-L, founded by Migrants against
HIV/AIDS distributes every Monday one article excerpted from Migrants against HIV/AIDS (Migrants contre le SIDA/HIV), a print newsletter in French and English focusing on activist
efforts by Black/Third World communities in Europe to fight to end the HIV/AIDS crisis. You can subscribe
to the e-mail list at the web page or send an e-mail to
majordomo@hivnet.ch. Leave the subject blank. In the body type SUBSCRIBE
MIGRANTS-WEEKLY your-e-mail-address.
ParentDeaf-HH-L is an e-mail list sponsored by the American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) to provide a forum for parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing to share questions, concerns, successes and failures with others who are having similar experiences. Educators and professionals are also invited to subscribe. The discussion will remain respectful of personal differences in communication and education options. To subscribe, send an email message to listserv@listserv.kent.edu. Leave the subject blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE PARENTDEAF-HH firstname lastname.
RPlist for retinal degenerations (including retinitis pigmentosa, Usher's syndrome, macular degeneration and more). Members include people with these conditions, but also friends, relatives, doctors and other professionals. To subscribe, send an e-mail to rplist-subscribe-request@maelstrom.stjohns.edu. Leave the subject and body blank.
Service-dogs-L - For owners, trainers, and people interested in the issues of dogs trained to
assist disabled people. To subscribe send an e-mail to
majordomo@acpub.duke.edu. Leave the subject blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE SERVICE-DOGS.
Sign
Language Linguistics-L. To subscribe send e-mail to
listserv@listserv.linguistlist.org. Leave the subject blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE
SLLING-L.
Sign-Speak-L - dealing with the general
issues of the interface between the signing and hearing cultures/communities and what both have to
learn from that interface. Subscribe at the website or follow instructions there for e-mail subscription.
TAAC-L (Telecommunication Access
Advisory Committee Listserv) is a "listen in" newsletter from the U.S. Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board, an independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for
people with disabilities. To subscribe, send e-mail message to:
listproc@trace.wisc.edu. Leave the subject blank. In the body type: SUBSCRIBE TAAC-L
your-firstname your-lastname
TeachASL-L - a discussion list devoted
to the teaching of the ASL. To subscribe to it, send an e-mail to
listserv@admin.humberc.on.ca. Leave the subject blank. In the body type SUB TEACHASL your-firstname your-lastname
Terps-L
for sign language interpreters. To subscribe send an e-mail to
listserv@admin.humberc.on.ca. Leave the subject blank. In the body type SUBSCRIBE TERPS-L.
BLIST: The Comprehensive Index of Blindness-Related Emailing Lists, . Detailed descriptions of over 175 blindness-related emailing lists, along with clear, specific instructions on how to subscribe to each list. BLIST also contains an extensive listing of accessibility and pan-disability lists, as well as a list of emailing lists which are not blindness-related, but which are frequented by blind members.
Yahoo Groups: Deaf. There are at last count,
700 deaf-related mailing lists on Yahoo.
Yahoo Groups: Disabled; browse a list of over 600 disability mailing lists and 13 categories, each with their own subgroup of mailing lists.
