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 Goes on Record as Opposing Roberts Nomination
Silver Spring, MD -- The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Board of Directors recently voted to oppose the nomination of John Roberts for the United States Supreme Court. This vote was taken after a thorough analysis of his public record and legal career, civil rights issues important to deaf and hard of hearing individuals, including disabled persons.
NAD Exploring 2006 Biennial Conference Location Options
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is now exploring Region IV location options for the 2006 Biennial NAD Conference, originally planned to take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The NAD grieves with the rest of the nation on the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the states of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
NAD Monitoring New Orleans Devastation
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) will monitor the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and the surrounding areas and the possible impact on holding the 48th Biennial NAD Conference there. A Marriott representative recently informed the NAD that there was no structural damage to the New Orleans Marriott Hotel where the 2006 NAD Conference will be held.
NAD Proclaims Success, Applauds FCC Action
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) applauds the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for taking action on a number of issues that the NAD has been working on.
The NAD, with other advocacy groups, petitioned the FCC to improve the closed captioning rules. The FCC accepted the petition and will start the rulemaking process for better quality and enforcement of closed captioning.
NAD Issues Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) issued a statement in response to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s resignation.
Andrew J. Lange, NAD President stated, on behalf of the Association, that, “The resignation of Justice O’Connor comes at momentous time in history. We are celebrating, this very month, the 15th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act when President Bush’s father signed the ADA into law in 1990.
NAD Co-Hosts Congressional Demonstration on Broadband
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is co-hosting a live lunchtime Congressional demonstration of real-time 2-way broadband communications on June 16. The NAD is hosting this with the American Association of People with Disabilities and Chairman Fred Upton (R-Michigan) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
NAD Board to Meet in Seattle; Special Fundraising Gala to be Held
The Board of Directors of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) will meet in Seattle, Washington on May 20 and 21, 2005. The highlight of the weekend will be a -mini-Gala fundraising celebration in honor of the 125th anniversary of the NAD.
The NAD is grateful to Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS); Sprint Relay, and the Washington State Association of the Deaf (WSAD) for their support for the Board meeting and mini-Gala.
NAD Pays Tribute to Jess M. Smith, Jr.
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was saddened to learn of the death of a determined leader and advocate, Jess M. Smith, Jr. on May 5, 2005. Smith served one of the longest, if not the longest, tenure of service on the NAD Board. He was a member of the NAD Board of Directors from 1955 to 1978 and was NAD president from 1974-1976.
NAD Establishes ASL & Deaf Studies Committee
Andrew J. Lange, president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced the recent establishment of an ad hoc committee on American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Studies. The main purpose of the committee is to update and strengthen the current position statement of the NAD on ASL and Bilingual Education (1993), as well as to review and update other NAD resource materials on this subject.
NAD Condemns People Magazine
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), in a letter from President Andrew J. Lange, criticized People magazine for perpetuating offensive stereotypes and derogatory terms when it published a letter to the editor on May 23, 2005 by a mother of a deaf child that included the term "deaf and dumb," an insensitive, insulting and archaic term. Lange commented that it is "inexcusable for a mainstream publication such as People magazine to perpetuate stereotypes and derogatory terms."
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