School is back in session, but we kept students busy this summer! Thanks to continued funding from donors and community supporters along with the Communities Foundation of Texas W. W. Caruth, Jr. [...]
For many the season of giving begins in November and lasts throughout the end of the year. However, at Deaf Action Center, it begins in September, and the deaf community gives in big ways. Take a [...]
By Heather M. Hughes On August 6, DAC hosted its first ever Back to School Bash. As our downstairs community room filled with families, sticky snow cone messes, and lots of giggles, a special [...]
We appreciate each gift given to Deaf Action Center and all the many ways people choose to give. We are highlighting two DAC donors to explain how and why they support our work… Mallory [...]
So often, when people think of Deaf Action Center (DAC), they think of us as a deaf senior center or assume that we only serve people over the age of 60. We’ve spent a lot of time correcting this [...]
DAC’s Housing Navigation Program was created to ensure deaf and hard of hearing North Texans have access to housing. This program will help people navigate the complex world of affordable housing [...]
As an avid reader and researcher, I recently came across the term “executive function”. The study I read stated many deaf individuals do not possess this trait due to a lack of access to language [...]
STAP is one of our most popular programs here at DAC that unfortunately comes with a long wait time. We have seen the feedback from our community members and are currently implementing a new [...]
Heather Hughes was recently invited onto Good Morning Texas, a local news segment in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to spotlight the work done at DAC. In case you missed it, you can check out [...]
Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Amanda Tutt. I was born to deaf parents and started gradually losing my hearing around the age of three. I now identify as Deaf. I graduated from Texas [...]
