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Resources and data

Sensory: key contacts and numbers by state

The statewide agencies and networks people usually need first, and the numbers behind the Atlas for your state.

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Vision and hearing data by state

Prevalence and service measures by state. Planned.

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Side by side numbers for two or more states, for families weighing a move.

Where these contacts come from

SourcePublisherListings
State agencies for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, plus state telecommunications equipment distribution programsNational Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NASADHH); TEDPA79
State and public schools for the Deaf (with combined Deaf/Blind schools)National Center for Education Statistics (CCD 2023-24, PSS 2023-24); CEASD member list90
NAD State Association AffiliatesNational Association of the Deaf (NAD)42
Hearing Loss Association of America chapters and state organizationsHearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)126
State DeafBlind projects (NCDB) and Helen Keller National Center regional officesNational Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB); Helen Keller National Center (HKNC)53
National Federation of the Blind state affiliates and parent divisionsNational Federation of the Blind79
American Council of the Blind state, local and special interest affiliatesAmerican Council of the Blind86
State and specialized schools for the blind and visually impairedAmerican Printing House for the Blind (APH), Ex Officio Trustee / Federal Quota directory43
NLS Network Libraries (Regional and Subregional)Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS)90
Private blind and low vision service agencies (VisionServe Alliance members)VisionServe Alliance106
Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind (OIB), state programsOIB-TAC (National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, Mississippi State University), funded by U.S. Department of Education RSA51

Every data source in the Atlas