Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc.
"...of, by, for and with the deaf and hard of hearing"
- HoursOPEN NOW
- Regular Hours:
Mon - Fri Sat - Sun Closed - Phone:
Main - 323-478-8000
- Address:
- 2222 Laverna Ave Los Angeles, CA 90041
- Email:
- Link:
- Categories
- Deaf Organizations & Services, Employment Services-Non Profit, Human Services Organizations, Social Service Organizations, Translators & Interpreters
- Neighborhoods
- East LA, Eagle Rock, East La
- Amenities
- GLAD's Visual Communications Center is a place where deaf and hard of hearing consumers can make calls through provided videophones free of charge during business hours.
- Other Information
Parking: Lot, On Site
General Info
The mission of the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. is to ensure equal access of the deaf and hard of hearing community to the same opportunities afforded their hearing counterparts. The organization’s general purposes and powers are directed around the promotion of the social, recreational, cultural, educational, and vocational well-being of its deaf and hard of hearing constituents. GLAD’s specific and primary purpose is to act as a coordinating agency that addresses the broad social service needs of deaf and hard of hearing people through direct service provision, advocacy, research and dissemination of information regarding deafness to parents, professionals and consumers.