Links to just a few of the numerous helpful websites out there!
- ALDA, Inc. (ALDA Boston’s parent organization)
Massachusetts Resources
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing Independent Living Services
- Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
- New England Homes for the Deaf
Massachusetts State Representative & Senator
Other New England Resources
- Connecticut Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
- Maine Division of Deafness
- New Hampshire – Governor’s Commission on Disability
Captioning and CART
- NCRA (CART) – Communication Access Realtime Translation
- Communication Access Information Center
- NCAM – National Center for Accessible Media
- FCC Closed Captioning Guides (NEW!):
- http://www.fcc.gov/guides/closed-captioning
- http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/closed-captioning-video-programming-television
- InSight Cinema – Open-captioned Films
FCC Info & Complaints (NEW!)
- Guides: http://www.fcc.gov/blog/global-accessibility-awareness-day
- Emergency Communications: http://www.fcc.gov/guides/emergency-communications
- Find your “Video Programming Distributor” (VPD): http://esupport.fcc.gov/vpd-search/search.action#scrollThere
Other Resources
- American Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss
- American Academy of Audiology
- Digital Hearing Aids Depot
- Exceptional Nurse
- The Deafened People Page
- Hearing Health Magazine
- Hearing Loss Association of America
- Hearing Loss Web
- The League for the Hard of Hearing
- The Minuteman Implant Club (CI)
- National Neurofibromatosis Foundation, Inc.
- Neurofibromatosis Resources
- New England Chapter of NF Inc.
- NF Association of the UK
- NF2 Crew
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Office of Employment Support Programs (Social Security Administration)