IAD members are invited to join their local IAD chapter. Chapters are responsible for local advocacy and support the overall IAD mission and vision on a local level. Each chapter appoints a chapter…

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Fascinating Facts About Ears and Hearing---PARROTS?! Crazy.

Degrees of hearing lossHow severe is your hearing loss? That depends on which levels of sound you can hear. Your hearing professional will chart these levels on an audiogram in order to determine your degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss is generally classified in seven degrees: normal, slight, mild, moderate, moderately severe, severe, and profound. Shapes of hearing lossYour hearing may be limited to one ear or affect both. There are four configurations of hearing loss that you could be experi

Deaf awareness

Examples of great posters to raise awareness about sensory loss, developmental disabilities and the autistic spectrum – the Deaf, blindness, tinnitus, hearing loss, vision loss, autism and Asperger’s Syndrome

Illinois Families for Hands & Voices is a parent-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families that have children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing without a bias toward communication modes or methodologies. We want to provide Illinois families with the necessary resources, networking, and information in order to improve communication access and educational outcomes for their children. Our statewide activities, advocacy efforts, and parent/professional collaboration are all focused on enabling our deaf and hard-of-hearing children to reach their fullest potential!

CHOICES for Parents is a statewide coalition of parents and professionals ensuring that children with identified hearing loss and their families receive the necessary resources, advocacy, information, services and support. CHOICES for Parents is committed to providing unbiased information.

IAD strives to promote advancement of the social, educational, and economic well-being of the deaf and hard of hearing citizens of Illinois.

Chicago Hearing Society’s mission is to empower deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people to communicate with each other, thereby lessening the isolation which separates them.

MOPD promotes total access, full participation and equal opportunity for people with disabilities of all ages in all aspects of life. It seeks to accomplish this mission through a multi-faceted approach that includes systemic change, education and training, advocacy and direct services.

Find answers to a variety of disability related concerns, including information on how to seek individual assistance with disability-related rights issues, information on legislation and public policy that impacts the disability community, training to help you advocate for your own disability rights in a variety of circumstances, and information on ensuring that people with disabilities remain safe in the wide variety of settings where they live and work.

Hub for requesting and providing captioning services

Great place to learn about captioning advocacy and get involved

The Nation's Voice for People with Hearing Loss...

Fantastic resources for life after high school

If you feel that you have been unjustly treated due to your disability and would like to take further action, this group will advocate for your rights. THERE IS NO COST TO YOU.