The DEAFINTL site, which describes the DEAFINTL project and outlines how to become involved, is run entirely by volunteers. Three volunteer listowners share responsibility for enforcing list policy. Instructions on subscribing to the list, which is available free of charge, and a link to the DEAFINTL archives may be accessed from the site.

Some examples of topics discussed on the forum include: improving deaf education in developing nations; leadership training; establishing new deaf organisations; how people in developed nations can find internship opportunities with deaf communities in developing nations; how developing nations can attract interns; what role is appropriate for "outsiders" to have in facilitating the empowerment of deaf communities in developing nations; improving interpreting services; improving access to mental health services; issues related to the self-empowerment of deaf and hard-of-hearing people who are women, members of a particular ethnic or racial group, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, or members of a particular religious group; and establishing TTY relay services.

Technology, Economic Development, Disability.

Deaf people, along with people with disabilities in general, are more likely to become poor. Poor people, in turn, are less likely to be able to afford the medical care they may need to prevent disabilities (A. Elwan, December 18, 1999, "Disability and Poverty: A Survey of the Literature" Washington, D.C., World Bank). Yet deaf people, and individuals with disabilities in general, have commonly been excluded from projects in developing countries that have the potential to give them access to the resources they need to improve their lives and the lives of their families, such as HIV/AIDS prevention, elementary school education, business loans, vocational training, and other programmes. On occasion, this exclusion occurs because of discrimination. But more often, project coordinators erroneously assume deaf people aren't interested, or because they don't know how to meet the needs of deaf participants.

DEAFINTL currently has approximately 200 subscribers from more than 30 countries.