BEcause of covid-19 SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CDC, THE CENTER WILL BE CLOSED TO VISITORS. tHIS INCLUDES CLASSES, ORGANIZATION MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL HERE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATION NEEDS. WE CAN BE REACHED AT (865) 579-0832 FOR INTERPRETING REQUESTS AND HELP WITHIN THE DEAF COMMUNITY DURING THIS TIME.

Welcome to KCD!

We were founded as a not-for-profit agency in 1977.
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Our mission is to improve the quality of life for Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard-of-Hearing persons by providing to them a wide array of services that empower those individuals to become fully integrated into the fabric of the Knoxville and East Tennessee communities.

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​ANNOUNCEMENTS

Due to COVID-19 and the cdc's recent recommendations, we have decided to postpone this workshop AND ASL CLASSES to a later date.
Knoxville Center of the Deaf is hosting an Advanced Medical Interpreting Workshop in Knoxville. Join us March 28th and 29th from 8 am - 5:30 pm at KCD for this great workshop presented by Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC:L and Heather Brown, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA.
Click here to register now!
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