Deaf
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National & International:
Special Category
Consumer Membership
Alexander Graham Bell
Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBELL) 1890 / Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Section (DHHS) 1964
DC 20007
Web Site: www.agbell.org click on “deaf and hard of hearing” at the top
Contact: Christine Anthony, chair / E-mail: dhhsmal@agbell.org
American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) 1937
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web Site: www.aadb.org
Contact:: Elizabeth T. Spiers, Director of Information Services /
E-mail: espiers@aadb.org
Arthur Roehrig, is the president.
American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) May 25, 1966
Myersville, MD 21773
Web Site: www.adara.org
Contact: Steve Hamerdinger, President / E-mail: adaraorgn@aol.com
American Library Association (ALA) 1876
Chicago, IL 60611
Web Site: www.ala.org
Contact: Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) /
E-mail: ASCLA@ala.org
ASCLA, one of 11 ALA divisions, is home to Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS) in which one of its forums is Library Services to People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (LSPDHH) 1979
Kathleen Hegarty is the 2007/2008 chair of LSPDHH. E-mail: kbhegarty@hotmail.com
ALA Office of Outreach Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
Contact: Satia Marshall Orange, Director / E-mail: olos@ala.org
American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) 1975
Rochester, NY 14692
Web Site: www.aslta.org
Contact: Glenna Ashton, President / E-mail: president@aslta.org
American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) 1967
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Web Site: www.deafchildren.org
Contact: Beth S. Benedict, President / E-mail: asdc@deafchildren.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 1925
Rockville, MD 20852
Web Site: www.asha.org
Contact: Arlene A Pietranton, Executive Director / E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (AAMHL) 2001
Rockville, MD 20848
Web Site: www.aamhl.org
Contact: Wendy Cheng, President / E-mail: info@aamhl.org
Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) 1987
Rockford, IL 61107
Web Site: www.alda.org
Contact: Bonnie Palmer / E-mail: info@alda.org
Children of Deaf Adults International, Inc. (CODA) 1983
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
Web Site: www.coda-international.org
Contact: Thomas Bull, Outreach Officer / E-mail: mrcoda@msn.com
Carmel Batson is the president
Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD) 1868
Frederick, MD 21701
Web Site: www.ceasd.org/
Contact: James E. Tucker, President / E-mail: NationalOffice@ceasd.org
President’s email address: tuckerja@msd.edu
Council of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) 1847, 1850 Inc
Bedford, TX 76095
Web Site: www.caidconference.org
Contact: Helen Lovato, Office Manager / E-mail: caid@swbell.net
Kathy Obenhaus is the president.
Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) 2007
Ham Lake, MN 55304
Web Site: www.deafbilingualcoalition.com
Contact: John Egbert, CEO / Email: deafbilingual@gmail.com
The Deaf Ethiopian American Association (DEAA) 2000
DC 20013
Web Site: pending
Contact: Kidane Habte, President / E-mail: habtek2@yahoo.com
Deaf History International, Inc (DHI) 1991
DC 20002
Web Site: http://dhi.gallaudet.edu/
Contact: Edna Sayers, Secretary / E-mail: edna.sayers@gallaudet.edu
Douglas Bahl is the president.
Deaf Pilots Association (DPA) 1994 Inc.2001
Jeffersonville, IN 47131
Web Site: www.deafpilots.org
Contact: Leslie Stayer, President / E-mail: check online
Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) 1995
San Francisco, CA 94114
Web Site: www.deafqueer.org
Contact: Dragonsani Renteria, President/ Director / E-mail: dqrc@deafqueer.org
Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. (DSA) 1992
Surprise, AZ 85388
Web Site: www.deafseniorsofamerica.org
Contact: Robert D. Cook, President / E-mail: cooook@aol.com
Finland - see World Federation of the Deaf
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA) 1979
Bethesda, MD 20814
Web Site: www.hearingloss.org
Contact: Brenda Battat, Executive Director /
Email: http://www.hearingloss.org / E-mail: info@hearingloss.org
Anne Pope is the president
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (Deaflympics) August 10, 1924
Frederick, MD 21701
Web Site: www.deaflympics.com
Contact: Donalda Ammons, President / E-mail: info@deaflympics.com
International Lutheran Deaf Association (ILDA) 1971
The Deaf Lutheran
Parma, OH 44134
Web Site: www.LCMdeaf.org/ilda
Contact: David G. Brown, Editor / E-mail: TheDeafLutheran@yahoo.com
Greg Desrosiers is the president / E-mail: gdesrosiers1@shaw.ca
Intertribal Deaf Council (IDC) 1994
Clayton, DE 19938
Web Site: www.deafnative.com
Contact: Mark Azure, Executive Director / Email: idc@deafnative.com
National Asian Deaf Congress (NADC) 1997
San Diego, CA 92177
Web Site: www.nadc-usa.org
Contact: Karen Tong-Bregman, President / E-mail: ktb_nadc@yahoo.com
NADC has 7 chapters.
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) August 25, 1880
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web Site: www.nad.org
Contact: Nancy J. Bloch, CEO: E-mail: on line www.nad.org/contactus
Bobbie Beth Scoggins is the president.
Library Friends Section (LFS) July 4, 1994
Contact: Amy Bopp, Chair / E-mail: boppfamily@aol.com
Senior Citizens Section (SCS) June 1980
Contact: Agnes D. Sutcliffe, Chair / E-mail: ADSutcliffe@verizon.net
Described and Captioned Media Program see Special -- Media
NAD is an organizational member of the World Federation of the Deaf.
National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) 1982
Asheville, NC 28802
Web Site: www.nbda.org
Contact: Cory L. Parker, Secretary / E-mail: secretary@nbda.org
Thomas Samuels is the president.
National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD) 1971
Landover Hills, MD 20784
Web Site: www.ncod.org
Contact: Consuelo Martinez Wild, Executive Director / E-mail: cwild@ncod.org
National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) 1982
Bethesda, MD 20814
Web Site: www.cuedspeech.org
Contact: Amy Ruberl, Executive Directory / E-mail: info@cuedspeech.org
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
Sands Point, NY 11050
Web Site: www.nfadb.org
Contact: Linda Syler, President / E-mail: nfadb@aol.com
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) 1977
Montgomery Village, MD 20886
Web Site: www.RAD.org
Contact: Steven Schumacher, Secretary / E-mail: Secretary@rad.org
Larry Pike is the president.
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) 1972
Alexandria, VA 22314
Web Site: www.rid.org
Contact: Cheryl Moose, President / E-mail: publications@rid.org
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI) 1968
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web Site: www.tdi-online.org
Contact: Claude Stout, Executive Director / E-mail: info@tdi-online.org
Dr. Roy Miller is the president.
DC 20007
Web Site: www.agbell.org click on “deaf and hard of hearing” at the top
Contact: Christine Anthony, chair / E-mail: dhhsmal@agbell.org
American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) 1937
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web Site: www.aadb.org
Contact:: Elizabeth T. Spiers, Director of Information Services /
E-mail: espiers@aadb.org
Arthur Roehrig, is the president.
American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) May 25, 1966
Myersville, MD 21773
Web Site: www.adara.org
Contact: Steve Hamerdinger, President / E-mail: adaraorgn@aol.com
American Library Association (ALA) 1876
Chicago, IL 60611
Web Site: www.ala.org
Contact: Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) /
E-mail: ASCLA@ala.org
ASCLA, one of 11 ALA divisions, is home to Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS) in which one of its forums is Library Services to People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (LSPDHH) 1979
Kathleen Hegarty is the 2007/2008 chair of LSPDHH. E-mail: kbhegarty@hotmail.com
ALA Office of Outreach Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
Contact: Satia Marshall Orange, Director / E-mail: olos@ala.org
American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) 1975
Rochester, NY 14692
Web Site: www.aslta.org
Contact: Glenna Ashton, President / E-mail: president@aslta.org
American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) 1967
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Web Site: www.deafchildren.org
Contact: Beth S. Benedict, President / E-mail: asdc@deafchildren.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 1925
Rockville, MD 20852
Web Site: www.asha.org
Contact: Arlene A Pietranton, Executive Director / E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (AAMHL) 2001
Rockville, MD 20848
Web Site: www.aamhl.org
Contact: Wendy Cheng, President / E-mail: info@aamhl.org
Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) 1987
Rockford, IL 61107
Web Site: www.alda.org
Contact: Bonnie Palmer / E-mail: info@alda.org
Children of Deaf Adults International, Inc. (CODA) 1983
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
Web Site: www.coda-international.org
Contact: Thomas Bull, Outreach Officer / E-mail: mrcoda@msn.com
Carmel Batson is the president
Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD) 1868
Frederick, MD 21701
Web Site: www.ceasd.org/
Contact: James E. Tucker, President / E-mail: NationalOffice@ceasd.org
President’s email address: tuckerja@msd.edu
Council of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) 1847, 1850 Inc
Bedford, TX 76095
Web Site: www.caidconference.org
Contact: Helen Lovato, Office Manager / E-mail: caid@swbell.net
Kathy Obenhaus is the president.
Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) 2007
Ham Lake, MN 55304
Web Site: www.deafbilingualcoalition.com
Contact: John Egbert, CEO / Email: deafbilingual@gmail.com
The Deaf Ethiopian American Association (DEAA) 2000
DC 20013
Web Site: pending
Contact: Kidane Habte, President / E-mail: habtek2@yahoo.com
Deaf History International, Inc (DHI) 1991
DC 20002
Web Site: http://dhi.gallaudet.edu/
Contact: Edna Sayers, Secretary / E-mail: edna.sayers@gallaudet.edu
Douglas Bahl is the president.
Deaf Pilots Association (DPA) 1994 Inc.2001
Jeffersonville, IN 47131
Web Site: www.deafpilots.org
Contact: Leslie Stayer, President / E-mail: check online
Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) 1995
San Francisco, CA 94114
Web Site: www.deafqueer.org
Contact: Dragonsani Renteria, President/ Director / E-mail: dqrc@deafqueer.org
Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. (DSA) 1992
Surprise, AZ 85388
Web Site: www.deafseniorsofamerica.org
Contact: Robert D. Cook, President / E-mail: cooook@aol.com
Finland - see World Federation of the Deaf
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA) 1979
Bethesda, MD 20814
Web Site: www.hearingloss.org
Contact: Brenda Battat, Executive Director /
Email: http://www.hearingloss.org / E-mail: info@hearingloss.org
Anne Pope is the president
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (Deaflympics) August 10, 1924
Frederick, MD 21701
Web Site: www.deaflympics.com
Contact: Donalda Ammons, President / E-mail: info@deaflympics.com
International Lutheran Deaf Association (ILDA) 1971
The Deaf Lutheran
Parma, OH 44134
Web Site: www.LCMdeaf.org/ilda
Contact: David G. Brown, Editor / E-mail: TheDeafLutheran@yahoo.com
Greg Desrosiers is the president / E-mail: gdesrosiers1@shaw.ca
Intertribal Deaf Council (IDC) 1994
Clayton, DE 19938
Web Site: www.deafnative.com
Contact: Mark Azure, Executive Director / Email: idc@deafnative.com
National Asian Deaf Congress (NADC) 1997
San Diego, CA 92177
Web Site: www.nadc-usa.org
Contact: Karen Tong-Bregman, President / E-mail: ktb_nadc@yahoo.com
NADC has 7 chapters.
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) August 25, 1880
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web Site: www.nad.org
Contact: Nancy J. Bloch, CEO: E-mail: on line www.nad.org/contactus
Bobbie Beth Scoggins is the president.
Library Friends Section (LFS) July 4, 1994
Contact: Amy Bopp, Chair / E-mail: boppfamily@aol.com
Senior Citizens Section (SCS) June 1980
Contact: Agnes D. Sutcliffe, Chair / E-mail: ADSutcliffe@verizon.net
Described and Captioned Media Program see Special -- Media
NAD is an organizational member of the World Federation of the Deaf.
National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) 1982
Asheville, NC 28802
Web Site: www.nbda.org
Contact: Cory L. Parker, Secretary / E-mail: secretary@nbda.org
Thomas Samuels is the president.
National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD) 1971
Landover Hills, MD 20784
Web Site: www.ncod.org
Contact: Consuelo Martinez Wild, Executive Director / E-mail: cwild@ncod.org
National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) 1982
Bethesda, MD 20814
Web Site: www.cuedspeech.org
Contact: Amy Ruberl, Executive Directory / E-mail: info@cuedspeech.org
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
Sands Point, NY 11050
Web Site: www.nfadb.org
Contact: Linda Syler, President / E-mail: nfadb@aol.com
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) 1977
Montgomery Village, MD 20886
Web Site: www.RAD.org
Contact: Steven Schumacher, Secretary / E-mail: Secretary@rad.org
Larry Pike is the president.
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) 1972
Alexandria, VA 22314
Web Site: www.rid.org
Contact: Cheryl Moose, President / E-mail: publications@rid.org
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI) 1968
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Web Site: www.tdi-online.org
Contact: Claude Stout, Executive Director / E-mail: info@tdi-online.org
Dr. Roy Miller is the president.
World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) 1951
Helsinki, Finland. FIN-00401
Web site: www.wfdeaf.org
Contact: Phillipa Sandholm, Adm Secretary / Email: info@wfdeaf.org
Markku Jokinen is the president / Email: wfd@kl-deaf.fi
The National Association of the Deaf (US) is an organizational member.