Where can I find more information about diverse deaf people?

The deaf communities are widely diverse with people from different races, ethnicities, cultures, languages, and religions. The list below of deaf organizations (while not exhaustive) focuses on a variety of identities within the deaf communities for you to connect with and learn more about their lives and perspectives.

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC): Deaf Women of Color, Council de Manos, National Hispanic Latino Association of the Deaf (NHLAD), National Asian Deaf Congress (NADC), National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA), and Sacred Circle

LGBTQIA/Queer: Deaf Queer Resource Center and Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf

DeafBlind and DeafDisabled: American Association of the DeafBlind, NAD’s Deaf and Disabled Stories on Facebook, and Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults (HKNC) 

General Advocacy & Networking: Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), National Cued Speech Association, and National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

Religion: Episcopal Conference of the Deaf, National Catholic Office for the Deaf, Global Deaf Muslims, and Jewish Deaf Congress (JDC)