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
Cultural/Entertainment
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
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)
