Support resources

If you need someone right now.

Finding a therapist takes time. These options provide immediate support, including direct ASL routes. Ablooma is not an emergency or crisis service.

24/7 · Direct ASL available

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

ASL Now video callhttps://988lifeline.org/deaf-hard-of-hearing-hearing-loss/
Open
Open the page and choose the ASL Now button to start a video call with a counselor who signs. No videophone number needed.
Videophone988
Dial 988 from your videophone. Keep your videophone software updated so you connect to a signing counselor directly rather than through a VRS interpreter.
Text988
Text
Send any message to 988 to start a text conversation.
Online chathttps://chat.988lifeline.org/
Open
Chat with a counselor in your browser.
TTY711 then 988
Use your preferred relay service, or dial 711 then 988.

Free and confidential. Connects you to a counselor who signs, not an interpreter relay, when you use ASL Now.

24/7 · Direct ASL available

The Deaf Hotline (National Deaf Domestic Violence Hotline)

ASL hotline855-812-1001
Free and confidential, 24/7, in ASL.
Websitehttps://www.thedeafhotline.org/
Open
More ways to reach an advocate.

For anyone experiencing relationship abuse. Culturally appropriate support in ASL, run by Deaf advocates. A partnership between ADWAS and The Hotline.