Washington Association of the Deaf
https://wsad.org
The mission of the Washington State Association of the Deaf is to promote, protect and preserve the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the state of Washington.
Washington State Deaf Senior Citizens
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WSDSC serves as an advocate for the Deaf seniors by providing information and education programs designed to enhance their physical, economic, and social well-being, and promote the common interests of Deaf seniors. Deaf senior citizens in the state of Washington receive the best possible communication access and benefits of any and all means of health, education and social support enriching their golden years.
Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
https://wsrid.com
WSRID has the mission to educate, to support, and to promote the RID certification of interpreters and to inform the general public about the interpreting profession.
Washington State Deaf-Blind Citizens, Inc
http://www.wsdbc.org
WSDBC is to promote, protect, and preserve leadership, independence, communication access, and to advocate Deaf-Blind individuals in the state of Washington.
Seattle Deaf-Blind Services Center
http://seattledbsc.org
The Deaf-Blind Service Center provides communication support, crisis intervention, adaptive technology training and advocacy for those with combined vision and hearing loss. The program serves people throughout the state of Washington with varying degrees of visual and hearing losses, providing access to other Lighthouse programs, services within the community and appropriate referrals to agencies.
Cascadia Black Deaf Center
https://www.cascadiabdc.co
The Cascadia Black Deaf Center promotes to identify, examine, and disseminate information related to the impact of social, economic, education, health, political and religious issue through the medium of panels, lectures, and workshops.
Deaf Seniors of America
https://deafseniors.us
Deaf Seniors of America (DSA) is a nonprofit organization that serves as an advocate for Deaf seniors by providing information and educational programs designed to enhance their physical, economic and social well-being and promote the common interests of Deaf seniors. We recognize that Deaf senior citizens have a unique community, language, and cultural needs. For these reasons, the golden years pose new challenges and experiences. Through providing resources and support, we endeavor to ensure communication access, health, education, and social support for all our members with the goal of a healthy and thriving Deaf senior citizen community.
Deaf Spotlight
https://www.deafspotlight.org
Deaf Spotlight inspires, encourages, and showcases creative works of, by, and for Deaf people in the Pacific Northwest through events that celebrate Deaf culture and American Sign Language.
Puget Sound Association of the Deaf
http://www.psadeaf.org
PSAD, founded in 1900, is one of the oldest Deaf Associations in the United States! PSAD is run by, of, and for diverse groups of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing people in Ballard, north of Seattle.
Northwest Washington Community of the Deaf
http://nwwcd.blogspot.com
NWWCD’s mission is to promote educational activities, social and personal enrichment, leadership abilities, just rights and privileges for individuals as well as introducing awareness of deaf culture and American Sign Language to society at large in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
Thurston County Association of the Deaf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/222406774795594/
Based in Olympia and surrounding towns.
National Association of the Deaf
https://www.nad.org
The object of the Association shall be to preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.
National Black Deaf Advocates
https://www.nbda.org
National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) is the official advocacy organization for thousands of Black Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans. For more than three decades, NBDA has been at the forefront of advocacy efforts for civil rights and equal access to education, employment, and social services on behalf of the Black Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the United States.
National Asian Deaf Congress
http://www.nadcusa.org
NADC’s mission is to define and address the cultural, political and social issues experienced by Asians who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. NADC is strengthened by the diversity of its members and organizations that represent various geographic regions, languages, religions, cultures and generations. NADC will also strive to provide education, empowerment, and leadership for its respective members and organizations.
World Federation of the Deaf
http://wfdeaf.org
By promoting human rights and access to sign language, the WFD is improving the lives of millions of deaf people who face inequality every day. We collaborate with deaf leaders and policymakers to implement human rights mechanisms. The WFD also takes direct action by providing human rights training and representing deaf people’s interests on a global scale.
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.TDIforAccess.org
TDI provides leadership and advocacy in achieving equal access to telecommunications, media, and information technologies for deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and deaf-blind people. Jim House is the Board Member representing the West Region.
Any changes, updates, new information — you can email at enotifier.WSAD@gmail.com.