Organizations and Networks
Websites
WFD - International Week of the Deaf
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) announces the 2014,International Week of the Deaf theme: Strengthening Human Diversity. "International Week of the Deaf is celebrated annually by deaf people...
The Deaf Culture Centre in Toronto, ON, is a contemporary, fun gathering place that is open to the public and rooted in the Deaf community. It provides education, culture, visual and performing...
World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), established in Rome, Italy in 1951, is one of the oldest global organisations of people with disabilities
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
The goal of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management at Utah State University is to ensure that all infants and toddlers with hearing loss are identified as early as possible and...
The Essential Educator on Early Visual Language
Research, notes the education blog site, "The Essential Educator," has indicated that the language areas of the brain have no preference for language input and that the most accessible pathway for...
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Housed at Gallaudet University, the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center runs two schools and focuses on improving the quality of education. The Clerc Center is one of VL2's key...
A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as professionals who serve them.
American Society for Deaf Children
A non-profit advocacy organization for parents of deaf children, run by parents of deaf children.
The Cochlear Implant Education Center
The Center, a unit of the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University, investigates, evaluates, and disseminates effective practices related to cochlear implant technology...
Videos
CHS- Creating Accessible Recreation Facilities
"The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) and the Ontario Recreation Facilities Association Inc. (ORFA) are working in partnership on a project titled: Creating Accessible Recreation Facilities for...
Do you want to be a scientist? RIT Wants you!
Ever wonder about the future educational/employment opportunities for your deaf or hard of hearing child? Here's one option.
"With the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program, getting a...
Information about the 2014 DEFTY Awards. NOTE: In ASL only - no voiceover.
Other
Vibes Magazine Spring/Summer 2014
Read an issue of the Canadian Hearing Society's (CHS) Magazine "Vibes".