The SignWriting Literature Project
The project publishes literature written in Sign Languages.
The SignWriting Literature Project
The project publishes literature written in Sign Languages.
Goal: To write Sign Language Literature for Deaf Communities in six categories, published in book form and available on the web:
1. School Textbooks & Reference Books
2. Children's Literature
3. Religious Literature
4. Deaf Author's Literature
5. Multilingual Sign Language Dictionaries
6. Classic World Literature (translated into Sign Languages)
SignWriting Literature in 2008
Goal: We hope to publish in 2008:
1. Cat in the Hat in American Sign Language
2. Sleeping Beauty in American Sign Language
3. Cinderella in American Sign Language
4. Snow White in American Sign Language
5. The Gospel According to John (all 21 chapters) in American Sign Language
6. Encyclopedia Articles on a broad range of topics in American Sign Language
7. A Collection of Mother Goose Rhymes in American Sign Language
8. Improved "American Sign Language/English" Dictionary
Non-Profit Organization
The SignWriting Literature Project is founded by, and sponsored by, the Center for Sutton Movement Writing, a 501c3 educational non-profit organization located in La Jolla, California. The Center was founded by SignWriting inventor Valerie Sutton in 1974, receiving California tax-exempt status in 1976 & Federal exemption in 1978.
