Datasets

This accessible resource lists datasets on disabled and deaf people, and sign languages.

Updated February 9, 2026

ASL Signbank

http://aslsignbank.haskins.yale.edu/ 

BSL SignBank

https://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/ 

Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry - Harvard Dataverse

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/71YNVU 

Deaf Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (DGLAM) in the USA

https://www.jjgrill.net/resources/dglam-in-the-usa 

Deaf Movie Database

https://deafmovie.org/ 

DGS - Korpus

https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/dgs-korpus/index_en.html 

Early American Deaf Communities - Texas Data Repository  

https://dataverse.tdl.org/dataverse/EarlyAmericanDeafCommunities 

Gallaudet University Library Guide to Deaf Biographies and Index to Deaf Periodicals

https://liblists.wrlc.org/biographies/search 

Historical Sign Language Database - Georgetown University

https://hsldb.georgetown.edu/ 

U.S., Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895 - Ancestry

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1582