  An inclusive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
workforce is needed to maintain America's leadership in the scientific
enterprise. Increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM,
including persons with disabilities, requires national attention to fully
engage the nation's citizens in transforming its STEM enterprise. To address
this need, a number of initiatives, such as AccessCSforALL, Bootstrap, and
CSforAll, are making efforts to make Computer Science inclusive to the 7.4
million K-12 students with disabilities in the U.S. Of special interest to our
project are those K-12 students with hearing impairments. American Sign
Language (ASL) is the primary means of communication for an estimated 500,000
people in the United States, yet there are limited online resources providing
Computer Science instruction in ASL. This paper introduces a new project
designed to support Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) K-12 students and sign
interpreters in acquiring knowledge of complex Computer Science concepts. We
discuss the motivation for the project and an early design of the accessible
block-based Computer Science curriculum to engage DHH students in hands-on
computing education.
