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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. It includes associations from all 50 ...
N. National Association of the Deaf (United States) National Black Deaf Advocates. National Captioning Institute. National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. National Center on Deafness. National Deaf Life Museum. National Fraternal Society for the Deaf. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
She was the first Deaf female hired to lead an American school for deaf, blind, and deaf-blind students. At the beginning of her service, the school had 7 students. Dr. Fernandes established a strong bilingual school with American Sign Language as primary in and out of the classroom and hired deaf teachers and staff as role models for students.
A large deaf community exists in Frederick County, Maryland partly due to the Maryland School for the Deaf, the county's proximity to Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and a large number of government jobs. [1] [2] One estimate suggests that as many as 50,000 people in Frederick County and the surrounding area may be deaf or hard of ...
The Association was originally created as the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (AAPTSD). In 1908 it merged with Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Bureau (founded in 1887 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf"), and was renamed as the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf in 1956 at the suggestion of Mrs. Frances Toms, the ...
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.
The New York School for the Deaf was chartered in 1817 as the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. It held its first classes in New York City in 1818, just after the American School for the Deaf, and thus is recognized as the second oldest deaf school in the United States. In 1829 it would move uptown to 49th Street ...
Icodance is a dance company whose dancers are Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Hearing. Traveling Hands Troupe (THT) serves as an outreach program for ICODance Company. The program's members are deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing persons between the ages of 7 and 18. The troupe performs poems, interpreted song and dance for various service organizations.