ADA Hospitality: A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings – The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center and TransCen, Inc. sponsored the publication in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the transformational Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Helping you navigate, plan, and create accessible meetings, events, and conferences that serve all your guests’ needs.

Described and Captioned Media Program – The DCMP’s mission is to provide all persons who are deaf or hard of hearing awareness of and equal access to communication and learning through the use of captioned educational media and supportive collateral materials. The DCMP also acts as a captioning information and training center.

National Deaf Education Center – The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center provides a variety of information and resources on deafness.

National Domestic Violence Hotline – Resources and help for deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing women trying to leave abusive relationships.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders – One of the National Institutes of Health, the NIDCD works to improve the lives of people who have communication disorders. This website focuses on medical information and research.

Services for deaf and deaf-blind women – ADWAS provides comprehensive services to Deaf and Deaf-Blind victims/survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. ADWAS believes that violence is a learned behavior and envisions a world where violence is not tolerated.

Addiction Treatment for Individuals Deaf and Blind – Addiction can be a harrowing experience for anyone. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired can especially find this experience daunting, as they’re faced with not only overcoming an addiction, but attempting to find a treatment program that recognizes and respects their unique challenges.

Archdiocese of Washington-Center for Deaf Ministry – Interpreters who work in Catholic churches will be interpreting a very different liturgy coming in Advent of this year. The language used will be much more of a challenge to interpret. The National Catholic Office of the Deaf has provided this resource.