Echode: Establishing Connections
Texas State
Some services are not tied to one city. This is the layer above the city pages: virtual counseling, state agencies, and Texas-wide organizations that serve Deaf and hard of hearing Texans wherever they live.
Texas status card: statewide services are live. Houston, Austin, Dallas - Fort Worth and San Antonio are all live.
Texas
One state, city by city
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- Cities
- Houston, Austin, DFW and San Antonio live
Find Help
Services that cover the whole state or work fully online. Search by name or filter by category.
No listings match your search. Try a different word, or suggest a listing.
Events
No statewide events listed yet.
Jobs
No statewide job listings yet.
Guides
How the statewide layer works.
What counts as statewide?
A listing earns the Texas tag one of two ways: it serves the whole state in person, like a state agency, or it works fully online, like virtual counseling by video. If a service only covers one metro, it belongs on that city's page instead... the tags keep the directory honest.
Care that comes to you
The model example is Guiding Hope Counseling: ASL-fluent mental health counseling by video, open to Deaf and hard of hearing Texans 13 and older anywhere in the state. No drive, no waiting room, no interpreter phone tag... the appointment happens in ASL, at home.
Start with your city
Most Deaf life is local: socials, churches, schools, and interpreters near you. Houston is live on HoustonDeafNetwork.com and Austin is live on its page. The statewide layer fills the gaps between the cities... it does not replace them.
FAQ
Is Texas a city page?
No. It is the layer above the cities, for services whose coverage is the whole state. Every listing here also shows on its home city's page when it has one.
How does a service get the Texas tag?
It has to genuinely serve statewide or work fully online. Suggest it below and it goes into the review queue... the tag is checked before anything publishes, and community listings are always free.
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.
Explore other cities
Every Echode city gets the same directory, events, and jobs treatment. Here is where each one stands.
Get listed in Texas State
Suggest a statewide listing, an event, a job, or a news tip. Everything lands in a review queue first... nothing publishes without a human check, and community listings are free.