Resources for hearing and visually disabled

Find a listing and contact information of California assistive services, resources and organizations that serve the hearing and visually disabled.

California Department of Social Services

California Department of Social Services provides information about services available to people who are blind or deaf/hearing impaired. Information includes a California Directory of Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services.

Office of Services to the Blind
744 P Street, MS 9-7-96
Sacramento, CA 95814
Voice: (916) 657-3327
Fax: (916) 653-4001
Email: BlindAccess@dss.ca.gov

Office of Deaf Access
744 P Street, M.S. 9-7-96
Sacramento, CA 95814
Voice: (916) 653-8320
TTY: (916) 653-7651
Fax: (916) 653-4001
Email: deaf.access@dss.ca.gov

Handbook of Resources and Services for Persons Who Are Visually Impaired (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Directory of Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Disability Rights Advocates (DRA)

DRA is a non-profit law firm dedicated to securing the civil rights to people with disabilities. Its mission is to advance equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities nationwide. DRA is run by people with disabilities for people with disabilities.

Disability Rights Advocates
2001 Center Street, 4th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704-1204
Voice: (510) 665-8644
TTY: (510) 665-8716
Fax: (510) 665-8511
Email: general@dralegal.org
Greater Los Angeles Agency of Deafness, Inc. (GLAD)

The mission of GLAD is to ensure the access of the deaf and hard of hearing community to the same opportunities afforded their hearing counterparts. GLAD's general purpose is the promotion of the social, recreational, cultural, educational, and vocational welfare of its deaf and hard of hearing constituents.

GLAD's specific and primary focus is to act as a coordinating agency that addresses the broad social service needs of deaf and hard of hearing people through direct service provision, advocacy, research, and dissemination of information regarding deafness to parents, professionals, and consumers.

Greater Los Angeles Agency of Deafness
2222 Laverna Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Voice: (323) 478-8000
TTY: (323) 550-4226
Fax: (323) 550-4205
Videophone: (323) 892-2225
Email: info@gladinc.org
Northern California Community Interpreters

Community Interpreters provide sign language interpreting and education and serves the area from Monterey to the Oregon border. It arranges interpreters for deaf individuals who use American Sign Language and offers 24-hour emergency interpreting.

Northern California Community Interpreters
1435 Larkspur Dr.
California Springs, CA 92926
Voice: (334) 219-3245
Fax: (334) 218-2234
Videophone: (334) 217-4567
Email: info@cqterps.com
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)

A registry of interpreters for the deaf that provides sign language interpretation by both deaf and hearing interpreters.
Sacramento Valley Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SaVRID)

Sacramento Valley Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf is a non-profit organization dedicated to the professional development of interpreters and an advocate for the interpreting profession, is a Region V Affiliate Chapter of the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID).

Sacramento Valley Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
P.O. Box 255084
Sacramento, CA 95865-5084
Email: contactus@SaVRID.org
Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SCRID)

The mission of SCRID is to provide local forums and an organizational structure for the continued growth and development of the professions of interpretation and transliteration of American Sign Language and English.

Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
2648 E Workman Ave. #3001-290
West Covina, CA 91791
Voice: (323) 379-4541
E-mail: president@scrid.org

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