This KUDO's page is dedicated to provide recognition of those service provider's who have continually demonstrated a respect of equality to access to the Deaf Community - appropriate auxiliary aids and reasonable accommondations to all goods and services.

This list has been complied because good access to needed services is a civil right but was also given without the usual hassles.
The Southern Maryland Deaf Community wishes everyone would honor our rights as much as those on our list.



Title I - Employment:

DFAS
Gazette Newspapers,Inc.
Melwood Residential
Naval Air Warfare Center
Southern Maryland Interpreting Service,LLC

Title II - Public Services:

Calvert Hospice
Calvert County Dept. of Health
Charles County Commissioners
Charles County Courts
Charles County Library
Charles County Sheriff
College of Southern Maryland

Title III - Public Accommodations:

American Rental Apartments
Calvert Memorial Hospital
Civista Medical Center
Dr. Barry Aaron
Dr. Dianna Abney
Dr. Llyod Cox II
Dr. Francis Chiarmonte
Dr. Rafik Nasr ** [This Doctor is the only one who actually advertises in the Southern Maryland Phone Book ] !

Family Health Care
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Legal Aid Bureau
Pembrooke Imaging
Shah Associates
Southern Volkswagen,Inc
St. Mary's Hospital
Washington Area Volkswagen Dealers
WYND Communications

SPECIAL ( 3 Star)*** KUDOS Rating:
1) Charles County Sheriff's Office - providing three text phones in each of their District stations, appropriate text signs and their support with the DEAF VISOR CARD project !
2) St. Charles Towne Center (SIMON Corp.) - providing two text phones for public use and supporting the Deaf Community for Thurs night Deaf Social time!
3) Mr. Garity of Volkswagen of American for approving the sponsorship of the Visor cards.
SPECIAL THANKS to:
Wayne Magoon,BEACON PRINTING, for his aid in the Deaf Visor Card project.

Maryland Relay- for their aid with tty phones during the April 28th Tornado.

TDI- especially Jim House, who came to support
the Deaf community in securing the two text phones
at the St. Charles Towne Center.

Don Sievers, fire safety expert for NAD. Don spent considerable time and effort researching the Fire Safety Codes and alarm systems - when the ASL went up against a local public school system who refused (in the beginning) upgrade an audible fire alarm system to a strobe fire alarm system in one elementary school that has traditionally held the most deaf- hoh kids. Many appearances before the school board and public & private support -finally led the Deaf kids to victory.

Congressman Steny Hoyer- 5th District-Maryland.
A champion for passage of the ADA and still continues to fight for deaf rights.