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.
Letter to the FCC from NAD and TDI Regarding Instant Messaging (IM)
The Honorable William Kennard, Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, SW, Room 8B- 201
Washington, D.C. 20554
Dear Chairman Kennard:
We are writing regarding the issue of instant messaging (IM), which has recently been the subject of debate in relation to the proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner.
Focus on Movie Access
The NAD has been wrestling with the issue of access to first-run movies in local theaters. Many of you have expressed a desire for open captioned access, like what is already happening with captioned films shown in museums across the country. The NAD believes that deaf and hard of hearing people have the same right to go to the movies in their neighborhood as anyone else.
NAD Submits Education Media Comments
Education takes place everywhere. As stated in "Those Who Can, Teach," Ryan and Cooper, 1996, a teacher education text now in its eighth edition, "The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the guests on a late-night television talk show, from a child with a disability to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has certain predictability, education quite often takes us by surprise. We go to the movies to relax and come home with a vivid sense of poverty's corrupting influence.
Doctors Agree to Provide Interpreting Services for Deaf Family Members
A couple facing their first pregnancy is going through a frightening and vulnerable time, particularly when the pregnancy is high risk. For a couple in Oregon, the situation became even more difficult when their doctor refused to provide a qualified sign language interpreter for effective communication.
NAD and CAN Comments on Digital TV Standards
Summary
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing to amend its rules governing the display of closed captions on televisions, in order for those rules to process and deliver captions in the digital environment. Although the FCC explains that the digital revolution can enable caption viewers to control the spacing, font, size, color, background, and placement of captions, very little in the proposed rules will in fact enable consumers to fully exploit the versatility of new digital features.
Transforming My Experience Into a Vehicle for Change
Finding Myself in Crisis
One Friday night, during the 1996 football season, my husband and I received a phone call informing us that our 13-year-old son had fainted during an at-home game. My husband rushed out without me, and when he and our son returned, all they said was that my son was "fine."
Consent Decree Establishes a Model for Hospitals Nationwide
The lawsuit filed by Janet DeVinney and the United States Attorney's Office resulted in a consent decree signed in May, 1998. The consent decree, which contains the following requirements, will remain in effect for a minimum of the next five years.
Requests for Sign Language Interpreters
NAD Achieves Important Captioning Victory
On Friday, October 2, 1998, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released new captioning rules, granting many requests made in a petition filed by the NAD nearly a year ago, on October 15, 1997. The petition by the NAD prevailed over stiff opposition from the broadcast and cable television industry.
Pushing for COED II
The COED is to "identify factors that pose barriers to, or factors that facilitate
1. educational performance and progress of students who are deaf in high school;
2. educational performance and progress of students who are deaf in post secondary education;
3. career exploration and selection;
4. job performance and satisfaction initial post-secondary employment; and
5. career advancement and satisfaction."
Supporting COED
Historic Rally Held on Nebraska School for the Deaf Graduation Day
The National Association of the Deaf in conjunction with the Nebraska Association of the Deaf (NeAD) organized a Rally on Saturday, May 23, 1998, in Omaha. Pre-rally keynote presentations and organizing activities were held at the Omaha Association of the Deaf Hall.
The main purpose of the Rally was to protest the closure of the Nebraska School for the Deaf (NSD) and to strengthen local and statewide coalition efforts in preparation for the new legislative session.
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