Echode: Establishing Connections
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio's Deaf community directory. These are the seeded starting listings: the organizations, interpreters, schools, churches, and socials that anchor Deaf life in San Antonio. Community submissions come next.
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San Antonio
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Local services reviewed for relevance to the Deaf and hard of hearing community. Search by name or filter by category.
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Events
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Guides
Short, practical answers for Deaf life in San Antonio.
New to San Antonio's Deaf community? Start here
Three good first doors: the Deaf Night Out San Antonio Facebook group, the main hub for Deaf Coffee Chat, open-captioned movies, and community announcements; Family Deaf Church, a Deaf-led church worshipping in American Sign Language; and Aid the Silent, a nonprofit helping deaf and hard-of-hearing children and teens with hearing aids, therapy, and ASL lessons.
How to find an ASL interpreter in San Antonio
For medical, legal, work, or school interpreting, start with a local agency: Deaf Interpreter Services (since 1993, onsite and by video, around the clock), Alamo City Interpreters (founded 2014), or Deaf Link for on-demand video remote interpreting, all in the directory above. Book as early as you can, and ask for BEI certified interpreters when the setting is formal.
Where to learn ASL in San Antonio
For structured classes, San Antonio College offers ASL and interpreter training programs, including the Sign Language Interpreter A.A.S. For practice, the Friday ASL Coffee Chat is a signing social. For children, Sunshine Cottage School serves deaf children from birth through fifth grade, with audiology and speech-language therapy.
FAQ
Is Echode San Antonio open?
Yes, it's live. Seeded listings and events are in, and the page keeps growing as the community adds to it.
How do I get listed?
Use the Get Listed section below. Every submission goes to a review queue first, and community listings are always free. Businesses get the same review; paid visibility, when it exists, is always labeled.
Who runs this?
Echode is a one person community project run by Long Duong(opens Long Duong's homepage in a new tab) in Houston, the same person behind HoustonDeafNetwork. Not a nonprofit, no office, just a directory built to last.
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Get listed in San Antonio
Suggest a listing, an event, a job, or a news tip for San Antonio. Everything lands in a review queue first... nothing publishes without a human check, and community listings are free.