Agencies and Organizations that serve the Deaf Community

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
www.nad.org

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS-under the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration)
http://www.in.gov/fssa/disability/dhhs/

Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)
www.kcdhh.ky.gov

Hearing Loss Association of America (formerly Self Help for the Hard of Hearing-SHHH)
www.shhh.org

Mini Deaf Youth Sports Festival (MDO)
www.teammdo.org

Residential Schools for the Deaf
           
Indiana School for the Deaf  (ISD)
http://www.deafhoosiers.com/

Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD)
http://www.ksd.k12.ky.us/

Interpreter Organizations

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
www.rid.org

Indiana Chapter of Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (ICRID)
www.icrid.org

Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (KYRID)
www.kyrid.org

Kentucky Board of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://finance.ky.gov/ourcabinet/caboff/OAS/op/interpret/

Legal Rights

Health Care Providers
http://www.nad.org/healthcare

Hospitals and Nursing Homes
http://www.nad.org/hospitalsnursinghomes

Doctors
http://www.nad.org/doctors

ADA Questions and Answers for Health Care Providers
http://www.nad.org/adaq&a

Government Access
http://www.nad.org/government

State and Local Agencies
http://www.nad.org/statelocalagencies

Social Security Administration
http://www.nad.org/socialsecurityadmin

Prisons and Jails
http://www.nad.org/prisonsjails

Police and Law Enforcement Agencies
http://www.nad.org/policelawenforcement

Federal Courts
http://www.nad.org/federalcourts

State and Local Courts
http://www.nad.org/statelocalcourts

Education
http://www.nad.org/education

Public Schools
http://www.nad.org/publicschools

Private Educational Classes or Institutions
http://www.nad.org/privateclasses

State and Local Colleges and Universities
http://www.nad.org/statelocalcolleges

Private Colleges and Other Post-secondary Institutions
http://www.nad.org/privatecolleges

Events, Conferences or Meetings
http://www.nad.org/confandmeetings

Employment
http://www.nad.org/employment

Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.nad.org/reasonableaccommodations

Deaf Federal WorkersThe Right to Reasonable Accommodations            http://www.nad.org/deaffedworkers