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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) sent a letter to the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (21st Congress) requesting that they grant official recognition to the use of sign language as a civil, human and linguistic right, particularly in educational settings.
On Wednesday afternoon, July 7, 2010, the four finalists for the NAD Chief Executive Officer position will give their presentations starting at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time in the Grand Ballroom at the Philadelphia Marriott-Downtown Hotel. Attendees at the 50th Biennial NAD Conference will have the opportunity to meet and see the finalists in action. Click on the vlog above to view introductions by each of the four finalists for the CEO position. For more information about the CEO Search process, visit www.nad.org/ceosearch.
Hello! I am Bobbie Beth Scoggins, president of the National Association of the Deaf. This is a special announcement on the CEO Search process, begun in the summer of 2009 by the NAD Board of Directors.
Last week, Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Electronics Association, objected strongly to any requirement to make telecommunications products and services accessible to and useable by people with disabilities. How did he do that? He appealed to the American public, through fear, half-truths, and exaggeration in print and before Congress.
View vlog by NAD CEO Search Committee Vice Chair Melissa Draganac-Hawk, featuring an interview by NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins with Gallaudet University President T. Alan Hurwitz (NAD Past President, 1982-84) on challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for the new NAD Chief Executive Officer.
Here is YOUR chance to make a difference in the Junior NAD (Jr NAD) program! Only five (5) minutes of your time will shape the future of the Junior NAD program for the next generation. NAD has been around for 125 years and Junior NAD for more than 40 years, with the upcoming selection of new NAD CEO, now is a great time to revisit the Junior NAD program. You as current members/advisors, for the past 40 years, are our best source to ensure that the needs are met for a better and improved Junior NAD program. Share your thoughts with us.
Hello again! The Senate recently introduced a version of the H.R. 3101 bill, and the Senate’s bill is called the "Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act” (S. 3304).
Last Wednesday, May 26, Bobbie Beth Scoggins, President of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), and Russell Harvard, a deaf actor, testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet in support of the Senate bill.
During a recent visit to the Nation’s Capitol. I discovered that many of our government’s programs are not readily accessible to people who are deaf. Many programs offered at the U.S.
The Philadelphia Marriott-Downtown Hotel is the central place to be for the NAD 50th Biennial Conference, and June 15, 2010 is the deadline to reserve your hotel room! Act now before it's too late! All conference events take place here, and we have negotiated a lower rate for conference attendees. View our vlog above by Jesse Thomas to find out what the gorgeous hotel has to offer! Don't forget to tell the hotel that you're attending the 50th Biennial NAD Conference to get the discounted rate for your room! More
This framed photograph was taken in 1880, the site of the first NAD conference in Ohio. That was 130 years ago. The 50th Biennial NAD Conference will take place this July in Philadelphia, PA. One-hundred and thirty years is a long time. During the 1880 conference, the Statue of Liberty didn't even exist!
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