With the understanding that there is virtually nothing that a deaf child/person can't do, deaf people have a multitude of options available to them. If a deaf child/teenager is mainstreaming, they can go to a public high school with the use of an educational interpreter. State schools for the deaf offer high school programs with a growing percentage of students going on to higher education. There are also institutions of higher learning especially for the deaf such as Gallaudet University, the only university specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Finally, with the passing of IDEA and other laws, institutions of higher learning are required to provide interpreters, as a requirement for equal access, for students attending their school.

Other Universities and institutions of higher learning:

CSUN - Department of Deaf Studies

Center for Deaf Studies, University of Bristol

UK Doncaster College for the Deaf,Yorkshire, England

Gallaudet University Home Page

CED - Council on Education of the Deaf

NTID - National Technical Institute for the Deaf

PAH - Promoting Awareness Healthcare, Medical and Deaf, MD at the University of Rochester

Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf