SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS
8020 River Stone Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22407 Phone: (540) 834-2500 Special Edcuation Elementary School: Cathy Jones E-mail: [email protected] Special Education Middle School: Joanne McClutchy E-mail: [email protected] Special Education High School: Sarah Reid E-mail: [email protected] |
SUPPORT GROUPS
Deaf Club/Self Help for Hard of Hearing Rappahannock Chapter Fridays 7 pm disAbility Resource Center 409 Progress Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Phone: (540) 786-7228 Contact: Jennifer Russo Hearing Loss Association 10:30 am - noon 3rd Saturday of each month disAbility Resource Center 409 Progress Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Phone: (540) 373-2559 Contact: Arva Priola |
The Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
Ronald L. Lanier, Director
1602 Rolling Hills Dr, Suite 203 Richmond, Virginia 23229-5012 Phone: (804)662-9502 V/TTY Toll Free: (800) 552-7917 V/TTY URL: http://www.vddhh.org/ The Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) works to reduce the communication barriers between persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and those who are hearing, including family members, service providers, and the general public. Link: The Commonwealth Caller Fall 2006 Special Issue (Virginia Relay System Update |
Fredericksburg Club of the Deaf
meets at:
Moose Family Center 1655 11917 Cherry Road, Fredericksburg, 22407 PRESIDENT: KATHLEEN NOWLAN [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT: JUNE DAVIS [email protected] TREASURER: LYNNE CARTER [email protected] NEWSLETTER: MELODY FRANCE [email protected] |
Deaf Club/Self-Help for Hard of Hearing Rappahannock ChapterMeets Fridays at 7 p.m.
disAbility Resource Center 409 Progress Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Phone: 540-373-2559 TTY: 540-373-5890 Email: [email protected] |
Virginia Assistive Technology System (VATS)8004 Franklin Farms Drive
Richmond Virginia 23229 Phone: (804) 662-9990 Fax: (804) 662-9478 Toll Free: (800) 435-8490 URL: http://www.vats.org/ The mission of the Virginia Assistive Technology System (VATS) is to ensure that Virginians of all ages and abilities can acquire the appropriate, affordable assistive and information technologies and services they need to participate in society as active citizens. |
Virginia Project for Children and Youth
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J Sargeant Reynolds Community College: Center for the Deaf1651 East Parham Road
Richmond, VA 23228-2327 Phone: (804) 371-3266 Campus TTD Access Voice Access Downtown 804.786.8800 804.523-5628 Parham Rd. 804.523-5289 804.523-5289 Western 804.662.6406 804.523.5400 URL: http://www.reynolds.edu/jsr_sds/center_for_the_deaf.htm |
Deaf & Hard-Hearing Community Counsel1503 Santa Rosa Road
Richmond, VA 23229-5105 Phone: (804) 282-1943 |
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695 Coordinator: Patrick Baker Contact: Julia Pitt EMG Memorial Building 1st Fl., Rm. 100 VP : 866-637-0102 Voice: 202-651-5050 Fax: 202-651-5704 URL: http://www.gallaudet.edu/ Gallaudet University is the world leader in liberal education and career development for deaf and hard of hearing undergraduate students. The University enjoys an international reputation for the outstanding graduate programs it provides deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students, as well as for the quality of the research it conducts on the history, language, culture, and other topics related to deaf people. In addition, the University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center serves deaf and hard of hearing children at its two demonstration schools and throughout the nation by developing, implementing, and disseminating innovative educational strategies. Gallaudet University was founded in 1864 by an Act of Congress, and its charter was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. |
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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http://www.deafculture.com/“Deaf culture” is a positive term, indicative of pride and a communal identity, whereas terms like “hearing-impaired” and “deafness” do not connote any particular pride or sense of community. There are oralists (deaf as well as hearing) who deny that there is such a thing as Deaf culture. They prefer to see it as an artificial political construct formulated in recent times, more of a self-conscious, posturing attitude than a reality. This view denies the importance of ASL to Deaf people.
Deaf people who claim a culturally “Deaf” identity compare themselves to members of other ethnic communities. “We have a language; we have a culture,” they say. Opponents of this view don’t see deaf people as members of an ethnic minority but simply as handicapped persons, people with a hearing loss, people with a hearing disability, audiological patients. |
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