Below, you’ll find a list of local and national resources for deaf, hard of hearing, and speech-challenged individuals, as well as information about related issues.
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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)
- Hands and Voices
- 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 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
- 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 Children with Hearing Loss
- 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
- Bilingual Education | World Federation of the Deaf
- 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 ASL and English Bilingual Education | 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)