External Links & Resources

Links
 

Advocacy

• American Society for Deaf Children

• Disability Rights Network

• Education Law Center

• Mayor’s Commission on People with Disabilities

• Office for Civil Rights

• PA Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)

• Pennsylvania Client Assistance Program
   

ASL Signs

• Lifeprint

• ASL Browser

• ASL Pro

• Religious Signs

• Practice Fingerspelling

 

Cultural/Entertainment

• ASL Interpreted Plays – Hands Up Productions

• ASL Meetup

• New Jersey Deaf Sports, Inc.

 

Community Information

• Expertise – Home Remodeling for Disability & Special Needs: What You Need to Know

• US Insurance Agents – Home Remodeling and Modification Information

 

Open Captioned Movies

• Captionfish

• Regal Entertainment

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Organizations

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 

• American Association for the Deaf-Blind

• DeafCAN!

• Deaf Linx

• Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA)

• National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

• Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Products

• Captel

• Harris Communication

• Hearmore

• Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation

• Pennsylvania Institute on Assistive Technology (lending library)

• Consumer Affairs’ list of the Best Hearing Aids of 2017

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

• PAHrtners Deaf Services 

• Elwyn

• Healthy Hearing

• Hearing Discovery Center

• PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

• Telecommunication for the Deaf

• VRS Providers

• Closed Captioning and Other Assistive Technologies

• Addiction Treatment for Individuals with Disabilities: Rehab Centers for the Deaf and Blind

• Disability Drug Rehab

• Miracle Ear – Hearing Guide

• Social Security and Hearing Loss

• Guide to Hearing Health

• Making your Office Accessibility-Friendly

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Support Groups

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline: Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Outreach

• Association for Late-Deafened Adults

• The Children’s Hearing Institute

• Children of Deaf Adults (CODA)

• Saywhatclub: A worldwide forum for people with hearing loss.

 

Interpreters and ASL Instructors

• American Sign Language Teacher Association (ASLTA)

• National Court Reports Association (NCRA)

• Pennsylvania Registry of Interpreter for the Deaf (PARID)

• Registry of Interpreter for the Deaf (RID)

 

Post Education Programs

ASL/English Interpreting Programs in the Philadelphia Area

• Bloomsburg University

• Camden County College

• Community College of Philadelphia

• Check the RID website to search for other Interpreter Education Programs

 

Programs/Information for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

• Gallaudet University

• National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Rochester Institute Technology

• Go to PEPNet’s College Guide for a complete listing of college programs

• College Resources for Students with Disabilities

• Detailed College Support Guide for Deaf and Hearing Impaired

• Higher Education Resources – Helping Students with Hearing Impairments

 

K-12 Programs (School serves 50 or more Deaf/hard of hearing students)

• Archbishop Ryan School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

• Delaware School for the Deaf

• Katzenbach School for the Deaf

• Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (PSD)

• Scranton State School for the Deaf (SSSD)

• Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD)