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IN ORDER BY ZIP CODE
as of April 27, 2008
   
02940 Providence, RI
Rhode Island Association of the Deaf (RIAD) 1977
Web Site: www.riadeaf.org
Contact: Bruce Bucci, President / E-mail: riadprez@yahoo.com

08625-0536 West Trenton, NJ
New Jersey Association of the Deaf (NJAD) December 1967
Web Site: www.njadeaf.org
Contact: Sean Gerlis, President / E-mail: president@njadeaf.org

01923 Danvers, MA
New England Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc. (NEDSC) January 1, 1998
Web Site: www.nehomesdeaf.org/addinfo.html
Contact: Mary Lomastro, President / E-mail: info@nehomesdeaf.org

04430 East Millinrocket, ME
Maine Association of the Deaf, Inc. (MeAD) September 1877
Web Site: www.mcdmaine,org
Contact: James F. Brown, Jr., President / E-mail: brownjf@verizon.net

06127 West Hartford, CT
Connecticut Association of the Deaf (CAD) 1937
Web Site: www.deafct.org
Contact: Mark Myers, President / E-mail: mjmmyers@aol.com

07830-3415 Califon, NJ
Association of Late-Deafened Adults -- Garden State (ALDA-GS) March 1995
Web Site: www.alda-gs.org
Contact: Elinore Bullock / E-mail: elinorebullock7@earthlink.net
Sheila Shuford is the president.

11358 Flushing, NY
Empire State Association of the Deaf (ESAD) 1865
Web Site: http://esad.org
Contact: Albert Hlibok, Executive Secretary / Email: PAhlibak@aol.com
Joshua Finkle is the president.
ESAD is the oldest permanent deaf organization in America.

14692-9998 Rochester, NY
American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) 1975
Web Site: www.aslta.org
Contact: Glenna Ashton, President / E-mail: president@aslta.org

15219-5836 Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf (PAD) August 14, 1927.
Web Site www.pghdeafclub.org
Contact Cheryl Noschese, President / Email: PresofPad@yahoo.com
Deaf Senior Citizens meet here

17608-3480 Lancaster County, PA
Keystone Central Deaf Senior Citizens 1985
Contact Raymond Rohrer, Secretary / Email REROHRER@aol.com
Merry Ernesto is the president

19713 Newark DE
Delaware Association of the Deaf (DAD) 1982
Web Site: www.delawaredeaf.org/
Contact: Richard Pelletier, President / E-mail: pelletierr@christina.k12.de.us

19805 Wilmington, DE
Hearing Loss Association of Delaware (HLADE) 1984
Web Site: www.hlade.org
Contact: Linda Heller, President / E-mail: shhhdel@comcast.net

19938 Clayton, DE
Intertribal Deaf Council (IDC) 1994
Web Site: www.deafnative.com
Contact: Mark Azure, Executive Director / Email: idc@deafnative.com

20002 District of Columbia
District of Columbia Association of the Deaf (DCAD) 1960s
Web Site: www.dcdeaf.org
Contact: Tawny Holmes, President  / E-mail: dcad@deafdc.com

20002 District of Columbia
Deaf History International, Inc (DHI) 1991
Web Site: http://dhi.gallaudet.edu/
Contact: Lois Bragg, Secretary / E-mail: lois_bragg@hotmail.com
Douglas Bahl is the president.

20007 Washington, DC
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBELL) 1890
Web Site: www.agbell.org
Contact: K. Todd Houston, Ph.D.,CEO / E-mail: info@agbell.org
International

20013 Washington, DC
The Deaf Ethiopian American Association (DEAA) 2000
Contact: Kidane Habte, President / E-mail: habtek2@yahoo.com

20784-2236 Landover Hills, MD
National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD) 1971
Web Site: www.ncod.org
Contact: Consuelo Martinez Wild, Executive Director / E-mail: cwild@ncod.org

20814 Bethesda, MD
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA) 1979
Web Site: www.hearingloss.org
Contact: Brenda Battat, Executive Director / http://www.hearingloss.org/contactus.asp
Anne Pope is the president.

20848 Rockville, MD
Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (AAMHL) 2001
Web Site: www.aamhl.org
Contact: Wendy Cheng, President / E-mail: info@aamhl.org

20886-0506 Montgomery Village, MD
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) 1977
Web Site: www.RAD.org
Contact: Steven Schumacher, Secretary / E-mail: Secretary@rad.org
Larry Pike is the president.

20866-0527 Burtonsville, MD
Maryland Association of the Deaf (MDAD) 1956 / FOLDA-MD
Web Site: www.mdad.org
Contact: Barbara Blakeman, Chair / E-mail: verycrazycat2002@yahoo.com
Joe Lee Smith is the president.

20902 Silver Spring, MD
Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization (CPADO) November 1998
Web Site: www.cpado.org
Contact: Phil Watson, President / E-mail: webmaster@cpado.org

20910-3803 Silver Spring, MD
American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) 1937
Web Site: www.aadb.org
Contact: Elizabeth T. Spiers, Director of Information Services / E-mail: espiers@aadb.org
Arthur Roehrig, is the president.

20910 Silver Spring, MD
Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Citizens Center
Maryland Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc (MDSC) November 3, 1976
Contact: Ronald Nomeland, Treasurer / Email: Ronald.Nomeland@gallaudet.edu
Willis Mann is the president

20910-3819 Silver Spring, MD
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) August 25, 1880
Web Site: www.nad.org
Contact: Nancy J. Bloch, CEO:  www.nad.org/contactus
Bobbie Beth Scoggins is the president.
Library Friends Section (LFS) July 4, 1994
Contact: Amy Bopp, President / E-mail: boppfamily@aol.com

Senior Citizens Section (SCS) June 1980
Contact: Agnes D. Sutcliffe, Chair / E-mail: adsutcliffe@comcast.net

20910-3803 Silver Spring, MD
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI) 1968
Web Site: www.tdi-online.org
Contact: Claude Stout, Executive Director / E-mail: info@tdi-online.org
Dr. Roy Miller is the president.

21215 Baltimore, MD
Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore  June 16, 1987
Web Site: http://hearinglossbaltimore.org 
Contact: Kathleen Galvan, President / E-mail: eklgalvan@verizon.net

21773 Myersville, MD
American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) May 25, 1966
Web Site: www.adara.org
Contact: Steve Hamerdinger, President / E-mail: adaraorgn@aol.com

21701 Frederick, MD
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (Deaflympics) August 10, 1924
Web Site: www.deaflympics.com/
Contact: Donalda Ammons, President / E-mail: info@deaflympics.com

22030 Fairfax, VA
Northern Virginia Association of the Deaf (NVAD) 1945
Web Site: www.vad.org/nvad.html
Contact: President Jeanne Lavelle / E-mail: JALavelle@cox.net

22032 Fairfax, VA
Virginia Association of the Deaf, Inc. (VAD) 1884
Web Site: www.vad.org
Contact: Rachel Bavister, President / E-mail: rbavister@adelphia.net

22314 Alexandria, VA
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) 1964
Web Site: www.rid.org
Contact: Clay Nettles, Executive Director / E-mail: admin@rid.org

26301 Clarksburg, WV
West Virginia Association of the Deaf (WVAD) 1915
Web Site: www.wvad.org
Contact: Douglas Evans, President / E-mail: president@wvad.org

27513 Cary, NC
North Carolina Association of the Deaf (NCAD) 1908
Web Site: www.ncadeaf.org
Contact: Linda K. Nelson, President / E-mail: lknelson2@msn.com

28802 Asheville, NC
National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) 1982
Web Site: www.nbda.org
Contact: Cory L. Parker, Secretary / E-mail: secretary@nbda.org
Thomas Samuels is the president.

30281 Stockbridge, GA
Georgia Association of the Deaf, Inc (GAD) 1910
Web Site: www.gadeaf.org
Contact: Christopher Merritt, President / E-mail: chrisprez05@yahoo.com

32085-1778 St. Augustine, FL
CEASD (Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf) 1868
Web Site: www.ceasd.org
Contact: Joseph Finnegan, Jr., Executive Director / E-mail: nationaloffice@ceasd.org
Dr. James E. Tucker is the president.

33064 Pompano Beach, FL
Broward County Association of the Deaf, Inc. (BCAD) 1972
Web Site: www.bcadfl.org
Contact:  Mike Lockhart, President / Email:  mrlockhart@lycos.com
Deaf Senior Citizens meet here

33717-8543 Clearwater, FL
West Central Florida Association of the Deaf, Inc. (WCFAD) 1942
Web Site: www.wcfad.org
Contact John Blaylock, President / jblay10075@aol.com
West Central Florida Senior Citizens meet here.

34207 Bradenton, FL
Florida Association of the Deaf (FAD) 1917
Web Site: www.fadcentral.org
Contact: Chris Wagner, President / E-mail: cwagner@fadcentral.org

35160 Talladega, AL
Alabama Association of the Deaf (AAD) 1912
Web Site: www.aldeaf.org
Contact: Judith A. Gilliam, President / E-mail: judithmgilliam@charter.net

37229-3385 Nashville, TN
Tennessee Association of the Deaf (TAD) September 1897
Web Site: www.deaftennessean.org/board.php
Contact: Paul M. Robertson, Jr., President / E-mail: PMRjrTAD@comcast.net

29302 Spartanburg, SC
South Carolina Association of the Deaf, Inc. (SCAD) August 16, 1911
Web Site: www.scadservices.org
Contact: Anita M. Steichen, President / E-mail: anitasc@comcast.net

44116 Rocky River, OH
Ohio Association of the Deaf, Inc. (OAD) 1961
Web Site: www.oad-deaf.org
Contact: Linda Mahmood, President / E-mail: president@oad-deaf.org

44122 Cleveland, OH
National Cued Speech Association NCSA 1982
Web Site: www.cuedspeech.org
Contact: Sarina Roffe, President / E-mail: nycuedspc@aol.com

44134 Parma, OH
International Lutheran Deaf Association (ILDA) 1971 / The Deaf Lutheran
Web Site: www.lcmsdeaf.org/ilda
Contact: David G. Brown, Editor / E-mail: TheDeafLutheran@yahoo.com
Greg Desrosiers is the president / E-mail: gdesrosiers1@shaw.ca

46205 Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Association of the Deaf (IAD) 1886
Web Site:  www.indianaassociationdeaf.org
Contact: Beatrice Pfaff, President / E-mail: dodajobe@aol.com

46311 Dyer, IN
Hearing Loss Association of Northwest Indiana March 11, 2006
Web Site: www.hearingloss.org
Contact: Kim Mettache, Chapter Leader / E-mail: Kimiam265@aol.com

46311 Dyer, IN
Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA) Northwest Indiana Chapter
November 7, 2006
Contact: Kim Mettache, President / E-mail: Kimiam265@aol.com

48071-0501 Madison Heights, MI
Michigan Deaf Association (MDA) 1898
Web Site: www.mideaf.org
Contact: Diana McKittrick, President / E-mail: dimckitty@aol.com

50317 Norwoodville, IA
Iowa Association of the Deaf (IAD) 1881
Web Site: www.iowadeaf.org
Contact: Donald Miksell, Pres / E-mail: dmiksell@iowadeaf.org

55021 Faribault, MN
Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens, Inc. (MADC) June 24-26, 1885
Web Site: www.minndeaf.org
Contact: Trudy Suggs, Vice President / E-mail: vicepresident@minndeaf.org
Tracey Koster is the president.

55304 Ham Lake, MN
Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) 2007
Web Site: www.deafbilingualcoalition.com
Contact: John Egbert, CEO / Email: deafbilingual@gmail.com

57101 Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota Association of the Deaf (SDAD) 1904
Web Site: www.sdad.org
Contact: Tom Kober, President / E-mail: tkober@c-s-d.org

60611 Chicago, IL
American Library Association (ALA) 1876
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 Forum (LSPDHH) 1979
Kathleen Hegarty is the 2007/2008 chair of LSPDHH. E-mail: kbhegarty@hotmail.com

Office of Outreach Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
Satia Marshall Orange, Director / E-mail: olos@ala.org
60639 Chicago, IL
Illinois Association of the Deaf (IAD) 1877
Web Site: www.iadeaf.org
Contact: Michael K. Berger, President / E-mail: president@iadeaf.org

61107 Rockford, IL
Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) 1987
Web Site: www.alda.org
Contact: Bonnie Palmer / E-mail: info@alda.org

63043 Maryland Heights, MO
Greater St. Louis Association of the Deaf (GSLAD) 1946
Web Site: www.gslad.org
Contact Jeff Willoughby, President / E-mail: gsladeb@gslad.org

65202 Fulton, Missouri
Missouri Association of the Deaf (MoAD) 1904 / FOLDA-MO
Web Site: www.moadshowme.org
Contact: Meredith Hill, Secretary / E-mail: Moadsecy@aol.com
Lawrence Yates is the president.

68110 Omaha, NE
Nebraska Association of the Deaf (NeAD) 1902
Web Site: www.nedeaf.org
Contact: Richard McCowin, President / E-mail: tazlight56@msn.com

68602-0341 Columbus, NE
Nebraska School for the Deaf Alumni Association (NSDAA) 1901
Web Site: www.nsdaa.org
Contact: Robert A. Chadwick, Webmaster / E-mail: webmaster@nsdaa.org
Linsay Darnall, Jr. is the president.

71667-9867 Star City, AR
Arkansas Association of the Deaf (AAD) March 11, 1893
FOLDA-AR
Web Site: www.arkad.org
Contact: Jackie Stover, Chair / E-mail: jimjackie64@yahoo.com
Holly Ketchum is the president / E-mail: hdketchum@ars.state.ar.us

73086 Sulphur, OK
Oklahoma Association of the Deaf (OAD) 1910
Web Site: www.ok-oad.org/OADHome.html
Contact person: Christopher Reagle, President / Email: OADPresident@brightok.net

75219 Dallas, TX
Dallas Association of the Deaf, Inc. (D.A.D.) 1970
Web Site: www.dccd.org
Contact: Steven Whitworth, President / E-mail: info@dccd.org

78652 Manchaca, TX
Texas Association of the Deaf (TSD) 1886
Web Site: www.deaftexas.org/wp
Contact: Steve Baldwin, President / E-mail: dfsmithtx@aol.com

80011 Aurora, CO
Colorado Association of the Deaf (CAD) 1904
Veditz Office
Website: www.deafveditz.org
Contact: Jennifer Pfau, President / E-mail: JennPfau@aol.com

82604 Casper, WY
Deaf Association of Wyoming (DAW) 1977
Web Site:  pending
Contact: Heather Parsons, President / E-mail: lavenderrose76@aol.com

83814 Coeur d’Alene, ID
Hearing Loss Association of America - Kootenai Chapter
Web Site: www.hearingloss.org
Contact: Russ Patterson, President / E-mail: rpatterson@cdalibrary.org

84123 Taylorsville, UT
Utah Association for the Deaf (UAD) 1909
Web site: www.uad.org
Contact: Robert Kerr, President / E-mail: rgkerr14@hotmail.com

85388 Surprise, AZ
Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. (DSA) 1992
Web Site: www.deafseniors.org
Contact: Robert D. Cook, President / E-mail: cooook@aol.com

89506 Reno, NV
Nevada Association of the Deaf (NVAD) 1981
Web Site: www.DeafNevada.org
Contact: David Daviton, President / E-mail: NVADPrez@aol.com

91007 Arcadia, CA
California Association of the Deaf (CAD) 1906
Web Site: www.cad1906.org
Contact: Richard Ray, President / E-mail: rlraycad@aol.com

91394-3275 Granada Hills, CA
Dynamingle, Inc. Feb 13, 2004
Web Site: www.dynamingle.org
Contact: Mark Corson, President/CEO / E-mail: contact@dynamingle.org

91504 Burbank, CA
Jewish Deaf Community Center (JDCC) 1992
Web Site: www.jdcc.org
Contact: Sharon Ann Dror, Founder and President / E-mail: JDCCNews@aol.com

92177 San Diego, CA
National Asian Deaf Congress (NADC) 1997
Web Site: www.nadc-usa.org
Contact: Karen Tong-Bregman, President / E-mail: ktb_nadc@yahoo.com
NADC has 7 chapters.

93130 Santa Barbara, CA
Children of Deaf Adults International, Inc. (CODA) 1983
Web Site: www.coda-international.org
Contact: Thomas Bull, Outreach Officer / E-mail: mrcoda@msn.com
Dave Eklof is the president

94114 San Francisco, CA
Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) 1995
Web Site: www.deafqueer.org
Contact: Dragonsani Renteria, President/ Director / E-mail: dqrc@deafqueer.org

94538-6103 Fremont, CA
Bay Area Coalition of Deaf Senior Citizens (BACDSC) 1996
Ronald Hirano, President
Web Site: www.deafseniors.com/
Contact Ronald Hirano, President / Email: hiron@comcast.net

95117 San Jose, CA
San Jose Cypress Deaf Senior Citizens  (SJCDSC)1972
Contact: Janice Barlow, President / Email: brujan63@comcast.net

96815-1528 Honolulu, HI
Aloha State Association of the Deaf (ASAD) 1971
Web Site: www.asadhawaii.org
Contact: Jonah Carino, President / E-mail: asad0507@yahoo.com

97303-5299 Salem, OR
Oregon Association of the Deaf, Inc. (OAD) 1921
Web Site: www.deaforegon.com/
Contact: Margi Morgan, President / E-mail: pineoak97@msn.com

98124-4116 Seattle, WA
Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (NWRAD) July 25, 1981
Web Site: www.nwrad.org
Contact: Chad A. Ludwig, President / E-mail: nwradprez@comcast.net

99224 Spokane, WA
Washington State Association of the Deaf (WSAD) .1908
Web Site: www.wsad.org
Contact: Charlotte A. Parsley, President / E-mail: cpar123100@aol.com

FIN-00401 Helsinki
World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) 1951
Web Site: www.wfdeaf.org
Contact: WFD General Secretariat / E-mail: info@wfdeaf.org
Markku Jokinen is the president.




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