ASL University (Lifeprint)

lifeprint.com

Lifeprint, better known as ASL University, is the free curriculum of Dr. Bill Vicars, a deaf teacher with a doctorate in deaf education. The site holds sixty numbered lessons plus vocabulary expansion series, a huge signing dictionary and thousands of clips filmed by the author, all readable without registration or payment. Paid options exist for learners who want their work tracked and documented, but nothing is hidden behind a paywall for casual study, which is rare in this niche.

For an adult on a tight budget this is the cheapest honest route into ASL, and many college classes quietly use it as a reference. The catch is presentation: the site looks like the early web, navigation is confusing and lessons are text heavy with video attached rather than a polished interface. There is no schedule, no reminder and no teacher waiting, so motivation has to come from the learner.