Virtual Resources
iCanConnect—or the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP)—is a nationwide network of local contacts who answer questions, oversee applications, and provide free equipment and training to…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Assistive Technology
AL
AIDB is the nation’s most comprehensive education, rehabilitation, and employment system serving individuals who are deaf, blind, deafblind, and multidisabled, and their families. AIDB serves thousands annually…
Categories: Advocacy, ASL Classes, Assistive Technology, Interpreting Services, Job Coaching, Public Education, Recreation, Social Services, Support Groups
Our Objective is Simple:
“Support the Continued Growth and Development of the Profession”
It is the mission of ALRID to provide international, national, regional, state, and local forums and an…
Categories: Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
AZ
Mission Statement:
AZRID promotes the continued growth and development of the professions of interpretation, translation, and transliteration of American Sign Language and English.
Categories: Educational Interpreters Resource Material, Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
ASDB Mission
We are committed to excellence and innovation in:
- Education for all children, throughout Arizona, who are hard of hearing, deaf or have vision loss
- Leadership…
Categories: ASL Classes, Assistive Technology, Audiology, Counseling, Deaf Mentor Program, Deafblind, Early Learning, Education, Library, Occupational Therapy, Orientation and Mobility, Physical Therapy, State School for the Deaf, Transition Services
CA
Categories: Housing, Interpreting Services, Assistive Technology, Youth Transition
It is the mission of the Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf to promote best practices, equity, and representation within the profession of Sign Language Interpreting; provide professional…
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
CO
Categories: Advocacy, Assistive Technology, Communication Card, Workshops, Support Groups, Information, Referral
DC
Categories: Information & Referral, Low Vision Services, Adult Services, Youth and Family Services, Employment Services, Braille Services, Government Services, Digital Data scan, Employment Training, Support Service Providers, Assistive Technology, Braille Instruction, Orientation and Mobility, Independent Living Skills, Volunteer Services
Categories: Senior Services, Vocational Rehabilitation, Assistive Technology, Older Blind Independent Living
Mission Statement
PCRID's mission is to support the continued growth and development of the sign language interpreting profession.
PCRID is committed to advancing the quality, professionalism and integrity of…
Categories: Interpreter Advocacy, Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
FL
Categories: Adaptive Aids, Vocational Training, Daily Living Skills, Support Groups, Orientation and Mobility, Assistive Technology
Categories: Children's Services, Transition for Teens, Independent Living Skills, Assistive Technology, Assistive Aids, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Readiness, Vision Screenings, Orientation and Mobility, Braille Instruction, Enrichment Classes
Categories: Individualized and Group Trainings for Consumers Agencies Institutions and Corporations, Independent Living Skills, Product Demonstrations, Assistive Technology, Device Rental, Technical Training, Accessibility Website Testing
Categories: Vocational Rehabilitation, Older Blind Program, Independent Living, Assistive Technology, Social Skills, Self-Esteem, Transition Program, Orientation and Mobility, Skills Training, Assessments, Counseling
Categories: Client Support, Independent Living Skills, Orientation and Mobility, Braille Literacy, Assistive Technology, Vocational Rehabilitation, Support Groups, Drop-Ins, Book Club, Employment Program
Categories: Client Support, Independent Living Skills, Orientation and Mobility, Braille Literacy, Assistive Technology, Vocational Rehabilitation, Support Groups, Drop-Ins, Book Club, Employment Program, Low Vision Clinic
Categories: Early Intervention, Transition Program (ages 14-24), Independent Living Skills, Low Vision Training, Assistive Technology, Orientation and Mobility, Support Groups, Vocational Rehabilitation, Social and Recreational
Categories: Early Intervention, Parent Education Group, After School Program, Vision Academy, Summer Camp, Job Readiness, Community Access, Summer Experience, Independent Living Skills, Assistive Technology, Orientation and Mobility, Communication Skills, Braille, Social Skills, Leisure Activities, Low Vision Services
Categories: ASL Resources, Assistive Technology, Communication, Person Centered Planning, Transition Planning, Interveners, Interpreters, Support Service Providers
HI
Hawai‘i RID, Inc. is an affiliate chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, a non-profit professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the field of professional interpreting. As an…
Categories: Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources, Sign Language Interpreter Education
ID
Categories: Employment Assistance, Transition Services, Assessment and Training Center, Business Enterprise Program, Independent Living, Sight Restoration, Low Vision Clinic, Assistive Technology, Braille Resources
IL
Categories: Advocacy, Family Support, Clinical Research, Assistive Technology
Categories: Rehabilitation Center, Business Enterprise Program, Vocational Rehabilitation, Independent Living Services, Low Vision Evaluation, Assistive Technology, Low Vision Devices, Daily Living Skills, Awareness
Categories: Popular Literature, Media, Web Resources, Reference Resources, Academic Resources, Assistive Technology
Categories: Assistive Technology, Braille and Reading Download (BARD), Disability Resources, Radio Information Service, NewsLink
Categories: Assistive Technology, Communication Education, Computer Literacy, Equipment Loans, Peer to Peer Counseling, Support Groups
Categories: Vision Care, Independent Living, Employment & Training, Assistive Technology, Education, Social Skills
Categories: Assistive Technology, Autism Support, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Professional Development, Speech-Language Pathology, Vocational Assistance
Categories: Audiology, Hearing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Vision Services, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Assistive Technology, Autism Assistive Technology, Workshops, Continuing Education
IN
Categories: Advocacy, Community Education, Community Outreach, Information, Referrals, Case Management, Autism Resource Center, Speech and Hearing Resources, Assistive Technology
Categories: Resources, Assistive Technology, Videos in American Sign Language, Interpreter/CART Services
KS
Our Purpose
KAI-RID is an innovative and vibrant organization of unified sign language interpreters. We affirm each member as a valuable resource, actively engaged in our ongoing development as professionals…
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
KY
KYRID is a non-profit organization of interpreters for the D/deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, students of interpreting and consumers. The principle objective of KYRID is to initiate, sponsor, promote, and execute…
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
Categories: Parents Senior Citizen and Veteran Support, Information, Advocacy, Vlog, Publications, Library, DeaFestival, Assistive Technology, Advocacy
LA
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
MA
PHILOSOPHY
MassRID recognizes the minority status of Deaf people and the long history of linguistic and cultural oppression they have endured. We therefore publicly proclaim our respect and…
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
ME
Disability Rights Maine (DRM) administers the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP) in the state of Maine. DRM is Maine’s Protection & Advocacy agency for people with disabilities.
Categories: Assistive Technology, Braille Resources
MI
Mission
To promote the profession of sign language interpreters, ensure effective collaboration with Michigan Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Communities and promote an inclusive environment…
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
MN
Categories: Assistive Technology, Communication Access, Learning Center, Employment, Resources & Referrals, Mental Health
Mission Statement
"It is the mission of the Minnesota Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (MRID) to provide state and local forums and an organizational structure for the continued growth and…
Categories: Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Affiliate
MS
The Mississippi Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf is an affiliate chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID).
Mission Statement
It is…
Categories: Affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources
NC
The Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing works to ensure that all Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or DeafBlind North Carolinians have the ability to communicate their needs and to receive information easily…
Categories: Assistive Technology, Communication Access, Deaf Resources
The mission of NCRID, Inc. is to provide state and local forums and an organizational structure for the continued growth and development of the profession of interpretation and transliteration of American Sign…
Categories: Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources, Sign Language Interpreter Education
ND
Categories: Assistive Technology
Categories: Assistive Technology
NJ
Categories: Interpreter Licensure Information, Interpreter Resources, Interpreters
NM
Community Outreach Program for the Deaf - New Mexico (COPD-NM) is a community-based organization that empowers Deaf and hard of hearing individuals to live independently and achieve their personal goals. COPD-NM…
Categories: ADA Compliance, ADA Law Information, Community Outreach, Independent Living, Interpreter Resources, Interpreter Services, Terminology, Tutoring, Vocational Services
New Mexico Commission for the Blind is to enable persons who are blind to achieve vocational, economic and social equality by providing career preparation, training in the skills of blindness and above all, promoting…
Categories: Assistive Technology, Blind Services, Job Training, Resources, Vocational Rehabilitation
The NM Center for Language Access is the training branch of the Language Access Services Unit at the NM Administrative Office of the Courts. Our mission is to improve the quality of language access services for…
Categories: Assistance with Court, Interpreter, Interpreter Referral List, Interpreter Resources, Interpreting Services Information