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WFD aims to promote the human rights of deaf people worldwide, by working closely with the United Nations (with which it has consultative status) and various UN agencies such as the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. [2] WFD is also a member of the International Disability Alliance (IDA).
GPODHH is a member of the World Hearing Forum, [8] hosted by the World Health Organization, Cochlear Implant International Community of Action (CIICA) and are members of the Advisory Committee reviewing and updating the "Best Practices in Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An International Consensus ...
Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1967, the Center provides nationwide services for people who are deaf-blind according to the definition of deaf-blindness in the Helen Keller Act. [1] It operates a residential rehabilitation and training facility at its headquarters in Sands Point, New York , which opened in 1976, and a system of ten ...
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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States. NAD was founded in Cincinnati , Ohio, in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by Deaf people to advocate for deaf rights, its first president being Robert P. McGregor of Ohio.
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The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. [1] As one of nine colleges within the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York, NTID provides academic programs, access, ASL in-class interpreters and support services—including on-site audiological, speech ...
Oh, there was a “fascinating new study” concluding that deaf drivers could be the world’s safest motorists,” but the only source I could find was the Weekly World News.