Below, you’ll find a list of local and national resources for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have other communication differences such as speech disorders, as well as information about related issues.
If you’d like to learn some tips on how to communicate with the deaf and hard of hearing, visit our Deaf 101 page.
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Local Organizations
Puget Sound
- Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS)
- Deaf-Blind Service Center (DBSC)
- Deaf Spotlight
- Puget Sound Association of the Deaf (PSAD)
- Visually Speaking
Washington State
- Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss (CDHL)
- Hearing Loss Association of Washington (HLA-WA)
- National Stuttering Association – Washington Chapter
- Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (NWRAD)
- Office of the Deaf and Hearing (ODHH)
- Washington State Association for the Deaf (WSAD)
- Washington School for the Deaf (WSD)
- The Washington State Communication Access Program (Wash-CAP)
- Washington State Deaf-Blind Citizens (WSDBC)
- Washington State Hands and Voices
- Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (WSRID)
- Washington State Deaf Senior Citizens (WSDSC)
National and International Organizations
- American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
- Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses
- Council de Manos
- deaffriendly.com
- Deaf Women United (DWU)
- Discovering Deaf Worlds
- Global Deaf Women
- Hands and Voices
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
- National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- World Federation of the Deaf
Higher Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Universities
- Gallaudet University | Washington, DC
- National Center on Deafness | California State University, Northridge | Northridge, CA
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY
Scholarships and Resources
Educating Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
- A Bilingual Approach | Washington School for the Deaf (Video)
- A Place At the Table | Washington Post
- The Benefits of American Sign Language for Language and Literacy | Gallaudet University
- Bilingual Education | Gallaudet University
- The Importance of Early Exposure to American Sign Language with Deaf Children | Signing Savvy
- Kindergarten Readiness for Deaf Children in American Sign Language | ASLized (Video)
- Language acquisition for deaf children | Harm Reduction Journal (PDF)
- Position Statement on Duel Language Development and Use in the Educational Environment | National Association of the Deaf
- Should all Deaf Children Learn Sign Language? | American Academy of Pediatrics (PDF)
- A Study of the Relationship Between American Sign Language and English Literacy | Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (PDF)
- Visual Language | American Society for Deaf Children
- What Is Language Deprivation? | Nyle Dimarco Foundation (Video)
- Why ASL? | ASLized (Video)