Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association
| Abbreviation | ESDAA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1927 |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
| Membership | 17 Deaf Schools |
Official language | ASL & English |
| Affiliations | National Federation of State High School Athletics Association (NFSHSAA) & National Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Association (NDIAA) |
| Website | www |
The Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association (ESDAA) is an organization that oversees and regulates deaf interscholastic athletics in the US States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia. The ESDAA is headquartered at the Lexington School for the Deaf in East Elmhurst, New York. ESDAA is the oldest Deaf High School Athletic Association in the US, founded in 1927. We recently became a nonprofit 501c3 organization in December 2023.