Community Involvement

The Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center and its staff are involved in many community and nonprofit sector activities and organizations, often in leadership positions. The following are a range of the communication related areas where HSDC has recently been active:

• Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS) - Board of Directors
• ADA/504 Advisory Council
• American Speech-Language & Hearing Association
• Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA)
• Deaf Blind Service Center - Board of Directors
• Disabilities Directors Organization
• Executive Alliance
• Governor's Committee on Disability Issues & Employment
• Hands and Voices, Washington Chapter
• Hearing Loss Association of Washington
• Eastside Human Service Forum
• King County Advisory Counsel on Aging & Disability Services
• Lorna D Sikorski Accent Modification Program - Preferred Trainers
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Northwest Community of Deaf & Hard of Hearing - Board of Directors
• Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
• National Association of Speech & Hearing Centers - ExecutiveLeadership
• Northwest Development Officers Association - Board of Directors
• Pacific Northwest Communication Consortium (PNCC)
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
• The Service Providers Coalition for Deaf, Deaf-Blind & Hard of Hearing
• South King County Counsel of Human Services
• Washington School for the Deaf - Board of Directors
• Washington Secretary of State Disability Advisory Committee
• Washington Speech & Hearing Association, Bylaws & Ethics Committee
• Washington State Association of the Deaf (WSAD)
• Washington State Deaf-Blind Citizens
• Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (WSRID)