SCA Adults &Parents

American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) - A parent-to-parent organization providing support, encouragement, and information for families with deaf or hard-of-hearing children. They emphasize the importance of visual language and provide resources on deaf culture and family life. 

Hands & Voices (H&V) - A parent-driven organization supporting families with deaf or hard-of-hearing children by providing resources, networking opportunities, and information without favoring a specific communication mode. They have local and state chapters and a program called "Family Leadership in Language and Learning" (FL3).     

Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (GPODHH) - An international organization dedicated to empowering families worldwide by ensuring access to informed choices and parent leadership opportunities. 

My Baby's Hearing (BabyHearing.org) - A resource from the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) that answers parental questions about infant hearing screening, follow-up testing, and information on hearing loss, hearing aids, and language development.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Provides a parent's guide to hearing loss and links to other helpful resources for families.

National Cued Speech Association - Offers information and resources for parents interested in Cued Speech as a communication method.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center - A national center that provides information and resources for parents and professionals related to deaf education and multicultural issues. 

DawnSignPress - Offers quality American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture-related books and videos, including online ASL curriculum for parents. 

National Association of the Deaf (NAD) - A source for news, resources, and events related to the Deaf community. 

ASL access - Provides information and resources for American Sign Language.

Family Voices - A national organization providing information and education on the healthcare of children with special health needs. 

Raising and Educating a Deaf Child by Marc Marschark - offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges and decisions faced by parents and educators. 

Choices in Deafness: A Parents' Guide to Communication Options by Sue Schwartz - helps parents understand different communication approaches. 

The Silent Garden: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Deaf Child by Paul Ogden and David Smith - is another parent-focused resource. 

Deaf Like Me by Thomas S. Spradley - a memoir of parents coming to terms with their daughter's deafness, highlighting the anxieties and love involved. 

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma - a memoir about a deafblind lawyer's incredible journey.

Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman's Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption by Brandi Rarus and Gail Harris - a biography/memoir, At just a few months old, Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her—yet agonized—feeling they couldn't handle raising a Deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or, would she be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers? 

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir-and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco - Nyle DiMarco, winner of America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars, shares stories of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. 

I'll Scream Later by Marlee Matlin - critically acclaimed and award-winning actress Marlee Matlin writes on her life growing up deaf, the challenges she faced in her career and personal life, and her advocacy for the Deaf community. 

Literacy and Your Deaf Child: What Every Parent Should Know by David A. Stewart and Bryan R. Clarke - provides information on fostering literacy skills in deaf children. 

How Deaf Children Learn: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know by Marc Marschark and Peter C. Hauser -This book addresses how to support deaf children's language and academic success, recognizing their unique needs and offering research-based strategies. 

You and Your Deaf Child by John W. Adams - a book that offers insights for parents. 

The Sign for Home by Blair Fell - When a young DeafBlind man learns the girl he thought was lost forever might still be out there, he embarks on a life-changing journey to find her—and his freedom. 

Deaf Republic: Poems by Ilya Kaminsky - This 2019 finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry is a novel-in-verse. The story is set in a country under occupation, where after a deaf boy is killed, the entire town goes deaf, and their dissent is coordinated through sign language. 

In This Sign by Joanne Greenberg - Originally published in 1970 and recently re-released, this classic novel follows Abel and Janice, a Deaf couple raising a hearing daughter in the 1920s through 1960s. It explores their life, love, and struggles in a world not designed for them. 

The Deaf Heart by Willy Conley - In this 2015 novel, Dempsey "Max" McCall navigates his first year of residency as a Deaf biomedical photography student in the 1980s. The story, told through short stories and letters, shows Max as he moves between the hearing and Deaf worlds.