Relay Tools and Resources

Connecting You to More Tools & Resources

Click any of the categories below to visit a list organizations that may be of interest or offer support to Maryland Relay users and their families.

Arts & Entertainment

• Helen Keller Center for DeafBlind Youths and Adults
• iCanConnect (The National DeafBlind Equipment Distribution Program)
• iCanConnect Maryland
• National Center on DeafBlindness
• National Theatre of the Deaf
• The National DeafBlind Equipment Distribution Program (FCC)
• The National Family Association for DeafBlind

Camps

• Camp Mark Seven
• Deaf-Blind Camp of Maryland

Emergency Preparedness

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (provides emergency preparedness public service announcements in American Sign Language)
• Maryland Emergency Preparedness Program

For Parents & Children

• BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard Hearing
• John Tracy Clinic (Educational and audiology center for parents of infants and preschool-age children with hearing loss)
• Junior National Association of the Deaf

Government Services

• Maryland Assistive Technology Loan Program
• Maryland Department of Aging
• Maryland Department of Disabilities
• Maryland Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Maryland Technology Assistance Program
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Health Services

• DeafHealth.org

Interpreters & Interpreting Services

• Access Interpreting (AI)
• Birnbaum Interpreting Services
• Centralized Interpreter Referral Service
• Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD)
• Deafinitions & Interpreting
• Deaf Solutions
• Gallaudet Interpreting Services
• Graham Staffing Services
• Jon Barad & Associates
• Mid-Atlantic Interpreting Group
• Partners in Sign
• Professional Interpreter Exchange
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

National Relay Services

• National Association for State Relay Administration (NASRA)

Organizations for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

• American Society for Deaf Children
• Association of Late Deafened Adults
• Center for Hearing and Communication
• Deaf Abused Women Network (DAWN)
• Deaf Independent Living Association (DILA)
• Deafnet Association, Inc.
• Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action
• Hearing Loss Association of America
• Howard County Association of the Deaf
• International Catholic Deaf Association
• Jewish Deaf Congress
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
• Maryland Association of the Deaf
• Maryland Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc.
• National Asian Deaf Congress
• National Association of the Deaf
• World Federation of the Deaf

Organizations for the DeafBlind

• American Association for the DeafBlind
• Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
• Helen Keller Center for DeafBlind Youths and Adults
• iCanConnect (The National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program)
• iCanConnect Maryland
• Metro Washington Association for the DeafBlind
• National Center on Deaf-Blindness
• The National DeafBlind Equipment Distribution Program
• The National Family Association for DeafBlind

Schools & Education

• Gallaudet University
• Maryland School for the Deaf
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology

Speech Community

• Gateway Maryland
• University of Maryland Hearing and Speech Clinic
• Lary's Speakeasy

Sports & Recreation

• USA Deaf Sports Federation
• World Recreation Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Telecommunications Equipment

• Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Communication Enhancement
• Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program Association (TEDPA)
• Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI)
• Trace Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Video Relay Services (VRS), IP Relay & IP Captioned Telephone Service

• IP Relay Service Guide
• Providers Directory (for the latest list of service providers and their contact information)
• Video Relay Service (VRS) Guide