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There are multiple models of deafness; Deaf mental health focuses on a cultural model in that people who are deaf view themselves as part of a socio-cultural linguistic community, rather than people with a medical deficit or disability. Accordingly, providing deaf mental-health care to people of the Deaf community requires services from ...
Services at Congregation Bene Shalom-Hebrew Association of the Deaf and Hearing in Skokie — the first synagogue in the United States designed to assist the Deaf community — are trilingual ...
An introduction to Deaf culture in American Sign Language (ASL) with English subtitles available. Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication.
Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) is a global social impact organization founded in 1975 by Benjamin Soukup. CSD provides technologies, resources, and services that benefit the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. CSD is made up of several divisions that are each focused on meeting different needs within the deaf community.
Harding, a peer specialist, will help guide the deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals seeking services in various settings, co-leading groups, and talking with people in one-on-ones. “I’m the ...
“Companies like this are really important as they create job opportunities for the deaf community that we wouldn’t normally have,” the 21-year-old, who is based in Croydon, south London, said.
Action Deaf Youth; ADAPT; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (1876) – AAIDD are promoters for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services.
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States.NAD was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by Deaf people to advocate for deaf rights, its first president being Robert P. McGregor of Ohio.