Links to Deafness and Hard-of-Hearing Web Sites
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Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf - a nonprofit membership organization that was established in 1890 to empower persons who are hearing impaired to function independently by promoting universal rights and optimal opportunities to learn to use, maintain, and improve all aspects of their verbal communications, including their abilities to speak, speechread, use residual hearing, and process both spoken and written language.
Beginnings: for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc. - A Non-Profit Agency Providing an Objective Approach to Meeting the Diverse Needs of Families with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and the Professionals Who Serve Them
Deaf and Hard of Hearing - a site dedicated to meeting the needs of the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Deaf Nation - a nationwide newspaper for the deaf
The Deaf Resource Library - The Deaf Resource Library is an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics.
El Paso Center of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - EPCDHH serves a large geographical region covering approximately 1,860 square miles from Anthony, TX to Fabens, TX and from Newman,TX to Chamizal National Park (El Paso). There are 700,000+ El Pasoans living including with 6,000 Deaf and another 44,000 hard of hearing citizens, EPCDHH is the primary provider of services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Goodrich Center for the Deaf, Inc. (GCD) - A nonprofit, social service organization which fills the needs of deaf and hard of hearing persons which are not being fully met by the community. They provide direct services, as well as serving as a cooperative, coordinating, and referral center, utilizing local and state businesses, agencies, and other professional personnel to provide services to their clientele. They have a cooperative working agreement with more than five hundred local, county, regional, statewide agencies to assure that persons with hearing impairments receive equal access to all phases of their lives in this community. The Goodrich Center for the Deaf, Inc. also serves a secondary population of parents, siblings, peers, spouses, family members, significant others, and professionals serving this unique population.
Handspeak.com - This is a neat website for people interested in learning sign language. It has the ASL alphabet and many signs and a few stories in ASL .
Hearing Impairment FAQ - how having a hearing impairment impacts one's life, how one adapts, and how hearing people can make communication a little easier.
Hear Me Foundation – The vision of Hear Me is to promote positive life experiences which will instill independence and confidence while offering unlimited opportunities for personal fulfillment via Education, Public Awareness, Mentoring, Medical & Educational Outreach, Camp and year round events.
Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site, an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.
National Association of the Deaf - Established in 1880, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans across a broad range of areas including education, employment, health care, and telecommunications.
The NAD is a dynamic federation of 51 state association affiliates including the District of Columbia, organizational affiliates, and national members. Primary areas of focus include grassroots advocacy and empowerment, policy development and research, legal assistance, captioned media, information and publications, and youth leadership. 301-587-1789 TTY; 301-587-1788 Voice; 301-587-1791 FAX. More information about the NAD is available at http://www.nad.org
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People - SHHH and our members are catalysts that make mainstream society more accessible to people who are hard of hearing. We strive to improve the quality of hard of hearing people's lives though education, advocacy and self help.
Sunshine Cottage - a San Antonio school for deaf children
Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf - a chapter of Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Texas School for the Deaf - The Texas School for the Deaf is recognized as a local, state and national leader in the field of Deaf Education.
Where do we go from hear? - This web site is dedicated to being the best source of information for families of infants and children diagnosed with a hearing loss and the professionals who work with these individuals.