The Georgia Association of the Deaf, Inc. (GAD), established in 1910, is the largest self-help consumer organization of persons with a hearing loss in GA.
The Tennessee Association of the Deaf is an organization whose primary objectives are to (1) promote the educational, economic and social welfare of deaf and hard of hearing people and (2) to protect the citizenship rights and privileges of deaf and hard of hearing people.
The Wisconsin Association of the Deaf (WAD, established in 1876 in Delavan, WI, is the state's premier civil rights advocacy based organization of, by and for deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind individuals in the State of Wisconsin.