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Resources in this category:

ABLEDATA :: http://www.abledata.com/
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ABLEDATA can put you in touch with assistive technology vendors and offers a wide variety of resources for people with disabilities including the blind and the deaf. This is not a commercial service, but provides information about products.
College and Career Guide for Deaf Students :: http://gri.gallaudet.edu/ccg/index.html
Useful guide from Gallaudet University to help you with planning a postsecondary education. "It contains a comprehensive listing of 149 programs available to interested, qualified deaf and hard of hearing students."
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness :: http://nationaldb.org/
At this "national technical assistance and dissemination center," locate people, services, programs, educational resources, and more relating to deaf-blind children and youth.
World Around You :: http://ClercCenter.gallaudet.edu/worldaroundyou/index.html
"Gallaudet University through its division of Pre-College National Mission Programs has published World Around You, a magazine for deaf and hard of hearing teenagers for 15 years. We have hero/adventure stories about deaf teens and adults as well as information about careers, role models, technology, laws, and deaf culture." This web version has articles from the print magazine and information about subscribing.