Deaf & Hard of Hearing - Associations & Organizations

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	ADARA: Professionals Networking for Excellence in Service Delivery with Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
	Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
	American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA)
	American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
	Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA)
	Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses (AMPHL)
	Association of Lipspeakers (ALS) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Deaf Association (BDA) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association (CDBRA) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Deaf Curling Association (CDCA) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) – Canada (CA)
	Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (CIAI)
	Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
	Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
	Deaf Initiative in Information Technology (DIIT)
	Deafblind International (DbI)
	DeafBlind New Zealand (DNZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Deafblind UK – United Kingdom (UK)
	Deafness Research Foundation (DRF)
	EAR Foundation, The
	European Society for Mental Health and Deafness (ESMHD)
	Hearing Concern – United Kingdom (UK)
	Hearing Dogs for Deaf People (HDDP) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers (HEAR)
	Hearing International (HI)
	International Federation for Hard of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP)
	International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH)
	Irish Deaf Sports Association (ISDA) – Ireland (IE)
	League for the Hard of Hearing (LHH)
	National Association of School Nurses for the Deaf (NASND)
	National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
	National Cued Speech Association (NCSA)
	National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) – United Kingdom (UK)
	National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
	National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry
	Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
	Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) – Australia (AU)
	Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)
	United States Deaf Ski & Snowboard Association (USDSSA)
	World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
	World Recreation Association of the Deaf (WRAD)

Regional

	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
	NorthWest Athletic Association of the Deaf (NWAAD)

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Wyoming – Yukon

Alabama

Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB)

Alaska

Alaska Board of Hearing Aid Dealers

Alaska Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind Council
(ADC)

Arizona

Arizona Association of the Deaf (AzAD)

Phoenix Association of the Deaf

Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of
Hearing

Arizona Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (AZRID)

Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB)

Arizona Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program
(AzTEDP)

EAR Foundation of Arizona, The

Grand Canyon State Recreation Association of the Deaf
(GCSRAD)

Phoenix Association of the Deaf

Arkansas

	Arkansas Association of the Deaf (AAD)
	Arkansas School for the Deaf (ASD)

California

	California School for the Deaf, Fremont – Fremont, California
	California School for the Deaf, Riverside – Riverside, California
	California State Association of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH-CA)
	Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP)

Colorado

	Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB)
	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming

Connecticut

Delaware

Delaware School for the Deaf (DSD)

Florida

	Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB)
	Sarasota, FL Chapter – Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)

Georgia

Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD)
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Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Association of the Deaf (GAD)

Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired (GaCHI)

Georgia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (GRID)

Georgia School for the Deaf (GSD)

Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD)
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Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)

Peachtree Rainbow Deaf Society (PRDS)
Gay, Lesbian, BT

Hampshire, United Kingdom (UK)

Hampshire Deaf Association (HDA)

Hawaii

Idaho

	Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CDHH)
	Idaho Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (IRID)
	Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind (ISDB)

Illinois

Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD)

Indiana

Indiana School for The Deaf (ISD)

Iowa

Iowa School for the Deaf (ISD)

Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD)
– Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming

Kansas

	Kansas Association of the Deaf (KAD)
	Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)
	Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD)
	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming

Kentucky

	Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD)
	Kentucky Deaf Golfer’s Association (KDGA)
	Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (KRID)
	Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD)

Louisiana

Louisiana School for the Deaf (LSD)

Maine

	Maine Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters
	Maine Board of Interpreters and Transliterators of American Sign Language and English

Maryland

	Maryland Association of the Deaf (MDAD)
	Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD)

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
(MCDHH)

Michigan

	Michigan Deaf Association (MDA)
	Michigan Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (MRID)
	Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind (MSDB)
	Michigan Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)

Minnesota

	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
	Minnesota Chemical Dependency Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals (MCDPDHHI)
	Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD)

Mississippi

Mississippi School for the Deaf (MSD)

Missouri

	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
	Missouri Association of the Deaf (MoAD)
	Missouri School for the Deaf (MSD)

Montana

Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind

Nebraska

Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD)
– Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Jersey Association of the Deaf (NJAD)

New Mexico

	New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NMCDHH)
	New Mexico School for the Deaf (NMSD)

New York

	New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE)
	New York School for the Deaf (NYSD)
	New York State Association of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (NYSA SHHH)

North Carolina

North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD)

North Dakota

	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
	North Dakota School for the Deaf (NDSD)

Ohio

	Ohio Association of the Deaf (OAD)
	Ohio Association of the Deaf-Blind (OADB)
	Ohio School for the Deaf (OSD)

Oklahoma

	Oklahoma Association of the Deaf (OAD)
	Oklahoma School for the Deaf (OSD)
	Oklahoma School for the Deaf Alumni Association (OSDAA)

Oregon

	Oregon Association of the Deaf (OAD)
	Oregon Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (ORID)
	Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD)
	Oregon – Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH)

Pennsylvania

	Pennsylvania Registry of Interpreter for the Deaf (PARID)
	Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (PSD)
	Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf (PSAD)
	Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD)

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

Rhode Island School for the Deaf (RISD)

South Carolina

South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB)

South Dakota

	Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD) – Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
	South Dakota School for the Deaf (SDSD)

Tennessee

	Tennessee Association of the Deaf (TAD)
	Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD)
	West Tennessee School for the Deaf (WTSD)

Texas

Austin Association of the Deaf (AAD)
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Austin, Texas (TX)

Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT)

Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD)

Austin Association of the Deaf (AAD)

Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(TCDHH)

Texas School for the Deaf (TSD)

Texas Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)

Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf (TSID)

Utah

	Utah Association for the Deaf (UAD)
	Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB)

Vermont

Virgin Islands

Virginia

	Virginia Association of the Deaf (VAD)
	Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
	Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (VRID)
	Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (VSDB)
	Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled (VSDBMH)

Washington

Washington School for the Deaf (WSD)

Washington DC – District of
Columbia

West Virginia

West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
(WVSD&B)

Wisconsin

	Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. – Wisconsin Chapter
	Wisconsin Association of the Deaf (WAD)
	Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WSD)
	Wisconsin Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (WI-SHHH)

Wyoming

Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MAAD)
– Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming

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Deaf & Hard of Hearing – Associations & Organizations