The directory crosses the 1,000-listing milestone. A second research pass through eight community-maintained directories of Deaf-owned businesses brings 193 new listings, focused heavily on the business category — which nearly doubles in size — alongside fresh entries in service, media, interpreter, and technology.
- +193 193 net new listings (195 added, 2 closed-business removals), taking the directory from 823 to 1,016 entries
- New Business category nearly doubles — from 155 to 300 Deaf-owned businesses
- New Sources mined: Deafopia, RIT InterpNET, DeafBiz, Deaf Services Unlimited, Deaf Network of Texas, Minnesota MADC, Intentionalist, plus targeted web search for state backfills
- Update State backfill pass — 74 newly-added entries received locations via known-source research and 50+ targeted web searches
- Update Tier B social-only entries link directly to their Instagram, Facebook, Etsy, or storefront URL when no own-domain exists
- Fix Removed 2 confirmed-closed businesses surfaced during research: Golden Harvest Bakery & Cafe (closed 2022) and Good Sir Tea Co. (announced closure)
A major directory expansion adding 319 new Deaf-owned businesses, organizations, and services after a research pass through public sources. The directory now covers more than just schools and state associations — small Deaf-owned shops, makers, interpreting agencies, faith ministries, sports clubs, and tech companies are now represented.
- +319 319 new high- and medium-confidence listings added, taking the directory from 504 to 823 entries
- New Heavier representation in the business, service, faith, media, sports, and technology categories
- New Each new listing includes a one-sentence description; 81% include a website and 80% include a state
The Deaf Index soft launches publicly at deafindex.com. The directory is live, searchable, and open to the community.
- New Site is now publicly live at deafindex.com
- New
robots.txtandsitemap.xmladded for search engine discoverability - New 404 page added for graceful error handling
- Update Submission form added to navigation bar and functioning.
- Update All pages now share a single
theme.js— dark mode toggle is consistent site-wide - Update All search results and directory cards are now sorted alphabetically
- Update Open Graph, Twitter Card, and JSON-LD structured data added to all pages for better link previews and SEO
- Update Submission form deferred to v2 — removed from navigation and site map
- Fix Logo display now consistent across Chrome and Firefox — replaced
clip-pathwith standardborder-radius + overflow: hidden - Fix Corrected listing name artifact: "47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School" → proper name
Community listing submissions are now open. Anyone can suggest a Deaf-related resource for inclusion in the directory.
- New Submit a Listing page live at deafindex.com/submit.html
- New Submissions delivered to contact@deafindex.com via formsubmit.co
- New Submit link added to the main navigation
Third logo scraping pass through the remaining 37 Clearbit-fallback organizations, adding 12 more real logos.
- +12 12 additional real logo URLs scraped, bringing total real logos to 87
- Update Purple Communications entry updated to reflect rebrand — now links to ZP Better Together (zpbettertogether.com) with new ZP logo
Major UI improvements and a second round of logo scraping, pushing real logo coverage from 20 to 75 organizations.
- New Sticky top navigation — nav bar stays visible while scrolling through the directory
- New Nav search field that slides into view once the hero search scrolls out of frame, keeping search accessible at all times
- New Return-to-top button fixed to the bottom-right corner, appears after scrolling 400px
- Update All organization logos (both image and initials badges) are now clickable links to the org's website
- Update All external links now open in a new tab (
target="_blank") - Update Logo corner rendering fix — replaced
overflow: hidden + border-radiuswithclip-path: inset(0 round 12px)to prevent Chrome GPU compositing from dropping corner clips on scroll and hover - +55 55 additional real logo URLs scraped from organization websites, bringing total real logos to 75
First pass of logo scraping, PWA support, and the Clearbit fallback system for organizations with websites.
- New Progressive Web App (PWA) support — installable on desktop and mobile with offline caching via service worker
- New Logo display system: real scraped logos → Clearbit CDN fallback → colored initials badge
- +20 20 real logo URLs scraped from organization websites in the first scraping pass
- +92 92 organizations with websites received Clearbit logo fallbacks
- Fix Category filter buttons were not hiding/showing cards — added missing
.card.hidden { display: none }CSS rule - Update Removed scraper Python scripts from the repository; logo URLs injected directly into
listings.json
The Deaf Index launches as a free, static directory of Deaf-related resources across the United States.
- New 503 listings spanning schools, organizations, state associations, camps, businesses, services, and more
- New Full-text search by name, state, city, or keyword with 200ms debounce
- New Category filter buttons (18 categories) and state dropdown
- New Light and dark mode with system preference detection and manual toggle
- New Responsive card grid — 1–3 columns depending on screen width
- New Static HTML directory page (
directory.html) and JS-rendered index page (index.html) from shared JSON data - New Submission form for community-contributed listings and corrections
- Perf No frameworks, no tracking, no ads — pure HTML, CSS, and vanilla JS