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State of California Office of Deaf Access The ODA has two primary purposes. First, it acts as a liaison between the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Director's Office and the deaf community, various programs, agencies, and other organizations concerned with deafness or hearing loss. Second, the ODA provides contract administration and program oversight of CDSS' contracts with a network of eight, private, non-profit agencies that provide a variety of DAP services to California's deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing and late-deafened populations.

Organizations / Agencies

• About American Sign Language
•  AG Bell Association For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• American Society for Deaf Children - IMPACT is an affiliate organization
• ASL Access - non-profit organization devoted to providing libraries with ASL videos
• BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc
• Cal-Ed - Statewide organization for Teachers of the Deaf
• California's Deaf and Disabled Telecommunication Program
• California Department of Education

  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• California School for the Deaf 
• Newly Identified Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children 
• Captioned Media Program
• Communication Services for the Deaf\
• Deaf Adoption News Service
• DEAF AZTLAN is a website for the Deaf Latino/Hispanic Community
• Exceptional Parents Unlimited - Fresno, CA
• Gallaudet's Laurent Clerc Center
• Hands and Voices
• Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California
• National Association for the Deaf
• National Cued Speech Association
• Rowell Family Empowerment - Redding, CA
• Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
• The National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education (NAPCSE)  

California Deaf Access Agencies

• Norcal Center on Deafness - Service/advocacy agency for deaf and hard of hearing clients in Northern California
• OCDEAF - Orange County Deaf Equal Access Foundation
• CODIE - Center on Deafness, Inland Empire
• DCARA - Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency
• DCSOFSD - Deaf Community Services of San Diego, Inc.
• GLAD - Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc.
• DHHSC - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center - Service/advocacy agency for deaf and hard of hearing clients in Central California

Legislation / Laws / Parent Right

• California Code of Regulations (CCR) - search Title 5 for education
• CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE - list of all sections
• California Law - search engine check education code and enter section number
• California Legislation - search for bills and their status
• How IDEA Applies to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students - from the Laurent Clerc Center at Gallaudet University.
• Listen-Up - great site for families advocating for their students; includes info regarding parent complaints, letters, etc. and identifies areas in which legal precedence has been set.
• The Policymaker Partnership for Implementing IDEA - one-stop IDEA information

Books for Parents

• The Silent Garden By Dr. Paul Ogden - one of the best books for parents just starting out
• Helpful Books & Resources for Parents ofChildren Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Laurent Clerc Center at Gallaudet University

Audiological / Hearing-Related Sites

• Advanced Bionics
• Cochlear Corporation
• Have You Ever Wondered About...The Ear and Hearing
• How to Read Your Audiogram - Somewhat technical but informative site on audiograms
• The Soundry
• The American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Virtual Tour of the Ear

Sign Language Resources

• How Deaf People Communicate - Gallaudet University
• Handspeak - Online Sign Language Dictionary
• American Sign Language - Online fingerspelling practice and training
• The Color of Language - a non-profit organization that develops sign language products for the benefit of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children and their families

Publications

• Deaf Digest
• HIP Magazine
• Odyssey - Magazine for parents of deaf children and the professionals who serve them
• Software to Go - Online database of educational software reviews
• World Around You - Magazine for deaf teens

Educational Options/Programs/Methods

• California School for the Deaf - Fremont
  • CSDF - Association of Parents, Teachers and Counselors
• California School for the Deaf - Riverside
• CCHAT Center - Private oral program in the Sacramento area
• The John Tracy Clinic - In English and Spanish; renowned early-intervention program focusing on spoken language
• The Shared Reading Project - Based at Laurent Clerc Center, growing to become a national program
• Orange County Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
• Gallaudet University
• California State University Northridge, National Center on Deafness

Assistive Device Sellers

• Communication Services for the Deaf
• Harris Communications
• Oticon Hearing-aid and assistive listening device manufacturer
• honic Ear Hearing-aid and assistive listening device manufacturer
• Weitbrecht Communications Inc.

Related Articles / Sites

• ASL Dictionary Pro  
• American Sign Language Browser
• ASL University
• ASL Dictionary by Subject
• Animatedspeech
• Auditory Nueropathy
• auditoryneuropathy.com
• AN - index
• Auditoryneropathy.tripod.com
• Oxford Journal - Brain
• Better Health - Auditory Neuropathy
• Yahoo Groups - Auditory Neuropathy
• About.com - Deafness - Auditory Neuropathy
• National Institute on Deafness 
• Breaking the Sound Barrier:
  Videophones let the deaf converse in whole new way
• Caldeaf.com -Browse hundreds of deaf events in California
• Deaf Education a Parents' Guide
• DeafCali's World
• Deaf California News
• Deaf World Web
• Gallaudet's Technology Assessment Program
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Network
• Mining Company Guide to Deafness
• RIT Deafness-Related Links - Huge list of deafness-related links
• Sacramento area ASL Events Page
• SignWriting
• The Children's Tree House Activity calendar for deaf children Northern CA

Comminucations Services

• Hands on Video Relay
• MCI
• Sorenson Communications
• Sprint