Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind

Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind

 

Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind people may show up in your learning environments. It is worthwhile to note that…

• Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are members of a cultural-linguistic minority
• Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind people continue to be denied equal access and opportunity to language, education and incidental learning.
• Some outdated and oppressive terms include the following: hearing impaired, deaf-mute, deaf-dumb.

 

Associated Links

History of Deaf Education and Deafhood

• Paddy Ladd https://youtu.be/EExpDalJJDY
• Redefining D-E-A-F http://www.handspeak.com/culture/index.php?id=60

Deaf Organizations

• DeafBC http://deafbc.ca/
• BC Cultural Society of the Deaf http://www.bccsd.ca/
• BC Deaf Sports Federation https://bcdeafsports.bc.ca/
• Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf http://www.deafculturecentre.ca/Public/Home.aspx
• Canadian Association of the Deaf http://cad.ca/
• Deaf Youth Canada deafyouth.ca

Services

• Post-Secondary Communication Access Services http://www.bcit.ca/pcas/
• BC Provincial Outreach Program Deaf and Hard of Hearing http://www.popdhh.ca/
• Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/pdhhs/
• Well Being Program http://deafwellbeing.vch.ca/
• Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing http://www.widhh.com/
• Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre http://idhhc.ca/
• Canadian Hard of Hearing Association http://www.chha.ca/chha/
• Canadian Braille Service http://canbraille.ca/
• Westcoast Association of Visual Language Interpreters http://www.wavli.com/
• Medical Interpreting Services http://www.widhh.com/programs-services/sign-language-interpreting-servic/medical-interpreting/

Learn American Sign Language

• Vancouver Community College Sign Language Studies http://www.vcc.ca/programscourses/program-areas/sign-language-studies/

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Programs

• BC Provincial School for the Deaf http://www.sd41.bc.ca/programs/bc-provincial-school-for-the-deaf/

 

• Vancouver Community College Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program http://www.vcc.ca/programscourses/program-areas/students-with-disabilities/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing—full-time-and-part-time-courses/

DeafBlind

• Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind http://www.deafblindcanada.ca/index.html
• Canadian Deafblind Association www.cdbanational.com
• Canadian Braille Services http://www.canbraille.ca/
• Center for Accessible Post-secondary Education Resources BC https://caperbc.ca/
• Visually Impaired Program http://www.vcc.ca/programscourses/program-areas/students-with-disabilities/visually-impaired-adult-program/
• The Lighthouse for the Blind http://seattlelighthouse.org/

Other

• Family Network for Deaf Children https://www.fndc.ca/