NAD News
This lists all Latest News items from the NAD and its affiliates. It also includes news items from outside groups on topics that are in line with the mission of the NAD. Media queries: please use our Contact form.
NAD Releases Sample Mental Health Bill of Rights, Support Statement
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) released a Model Mental Health for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals Bill of Rights, along with a support statement designed to both to encourage activists and to educate legislators. While neither is a legal document, the NAD hopes that this sample Bill of Rights will help deaf and hard of hearing people, and their allies, convince their legislators to pass new laws containing many or all of the same protections as the Bill.
The Model Mental Health Bill of Rights is the newest chapter in a long story of NAD advocacy for the rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
FINAL CALL - Conference Pre-Registration, Hotel Reservations and More!
FINAL CALL for Pre-Registration!
Pre-register NOW for the Combo or the Non-Combo by Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Only Non-Combos will be sold onsite during the 50th Biennial NAD Conference. Register now, to join many others who have already done so! Click here to learn who else is attending! If you want to purchase tickets to the Order of Georges/Georgettes Breakfast and the Senior Citizens Luncheon, you must register by June 15, 2010 as you will not be able to do so onsite.
Candidates Announced for NAD Board of Directors Positions
The Election Committee, chaired by Astrid Amann Goodstein, announced official candidates for officer and regional representative positions on the NAD Board of Directors, as follows:
President (2010-2012)
Bobbie Beth Scoggins
Vice President (2010-2012)
Christopher Wagner
Secretary (2010-2012)
Sheri Farinha
Alexander Zernovoj
Action Alert! S. 3304-Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act
Take Action Now! Ensure that ensure that S. 3304 - Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act is the strongest legislation possible -- contact the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and tell them why!
Volume counts! Send e-mail, fax letters and make phone calls!
Send this Action Alert to everyone you know - encourage others to take action now! Set up a phone/fax/e-mail party - make plans to take action together - now!
Deadline Alert! Final Call for NAD Board Candidates
The Election Committee wants to remind interested persons that the deadline for prospective candidates who wish to run for Board officer or regional representative positions is Sunday, June 6, 2010.
Specifically, Article IV (Board of Directors), Section 4.08 (Candidacy Requirements) of the NAD Bylaws as amended July 2008 reads as follows:
Hearing on H.R. 3101 Set for June 10, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a hearing on H.R. 3101 – the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 – on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. ASL interpreters, real-time captions, and assistive listening devices will be provided. Show your support for H.R. 3101 by attending this historic event.
50th Biennial NAD Conference E-News - Alert on Deadlines!
New! Deadline Extended for Combo Registration
We’ve extended the deadline so that you pre-register for the Combo or the Non-Combo before Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Only Non-Combos will be sold onsite during the 50th Biennial NAD Conference. Register now, to join many others who have already done so!
NAD Releases Position Statement on Dual Language Development
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) released a position statement supporting the use of dual language development-- the use of both American Sign Language (ASL) and English-- in educational settings with deaf infants, children and youth. ASL, as a visual language, can be easily acquired by young deaf children and represents a natural and reliable route to language development which is essential for their cognitive, emotional, academic and social growth. As such, it provides the best possible access to deaf peers and mentors capable of involving the child in an inclusive community.
NAD Releases Position Statement on Schools for the Deaf
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) recently released a position statement supporting the continuation and strengthening of schools for the deaf nationwide. The NAD believes strongly that schools for the deaf provide valuable placement options for deaf and hard of hearing children and that, for many children, these are the best options for providing a linguistically rich environment. They are also an important and necessary component of the spectrum of placement options required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
NAD Testifies in Support of S. 3304 at U.S. Senate Hearing
On May 26, 2010, Bobbie Beth Scoggins, president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), and deaf actor Russell Harvard testified at a hearing before the US Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet on “Inclusion and Innovation: the Americans with Disabilities Act at 20.” Watch a captioned video of the hearing
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