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.
Gallaudet Responds to NAD Input on Search for New President
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) received a response to its open letter outlining certain expectations for the next President from the Gallaudet Presidential Search Committee. In the open letter, the NAD also applauded President I. King Jordan’s exemplary service as Gallaudet President.
NAD Files Complaint Against Conference That Refused To Provide Interpreters
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) filed a disability discrimination complaint against Future Horizons, Inc., which held an Autism Conference on October 21, 2005. The complaint, filed with the United States Department of Justice, claims that Future Horizons refused to provide sign language interpreters for deaf or hard of hearing people to attend a conference about autism.
NAD Settles Relay Complaint Against Online Retailer
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), representing Heidi Forrest, settled a disability discrimination complaint against WorldWide Direct/Buydig.com, Inc. The complaint, filed with the United States Department of Justice, claimed that Buydig.com, an online retailer, refused to accept Ms. Forrest’s Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) call.
Disability Groups Call for Telecom Legislation
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), joined by other disability organizations listed at the end of this press release, called upon Congress to enact legislation mandating disability access to Internet-based products and services by the end of this Congress. The nation needs broadband, everywhere, now, and at affordable rates – this is true for no one more than people with disabilities.
NAD Urges Comments on Closed Captioning Rules
As a result of a petition submitted by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc., Self Help for the Hard of Hearing, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network, and the Association of Late Deafened Adults, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun a rulemaking process to examine the FCC closed captioning rules.
NAD Applauds I. King Jordan’s Leadership, Provides Perspective On New President
The Board of Directors of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) sent an open letter to the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees applauding President I. King Jordan for his exemplary service as President while outlining organizational expectations for the next President.
NAD Relocates 2006 Biennial Conference to Southern California
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is pleased to announce that its 48th Biennial National Conference will be held at Desert Springs – a J.W. Marriott Resort, in Palm Desert, California, June 29-July 3, 2006, which is in close proximity to the Palm Springs International Airport. Mother Nature, in the form of Hurricane Katrina, forced the NAD to find a new location for the conference originally scheduled for New Orleans, Louisiana.
NAD Settles Lawsuit Against Mortgage and Settlement Companies
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) settled a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation, and Maryland settlement companies, Old Line Title & Escrow, LLC and New Columbus Group, LLC. The complaint said that the defendants refused to provide qualified interpreter services for a mortgage refinancing closing meeting.
NAD Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Survivors
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Board and staff grieves with the rest of the nation on the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
NAD and Law Firm Of Outten and Golden File Class Action Lawsuit Against Morgan Stanley
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the law firm of Outten & Golden filed a class action discrimination complaint in Connecticut after Morgan Stanley refused to accept a stock trade order from a deaf accountholder who called using a Telecommunications Relay Service.
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