Come and join us for our first quarterly meeting of 2020 in Downers Grove at AIM-CIL on January 25, 9-4. We will be discussing a lot of new business and fundraising ideas for our continuous advocacy. For more details, check out our facebook event page: IAD Q1 meeting information. On the evening of the 25th and […]
IAD would like to take the time to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season. IAD accomplished a lot in 2019 and we couldn’t have done it without the continuous support from our members. IAD gained more than 50 members this year! Several successful fundraisers were hosted in order to continue our advocacy work […]
IAD has established a new FB Group: Illinois Deaf Ecosystem! This is a public group for Illinois Deaf community to bring together customers, Deaf business owners and Deaf-Friendly businesses to share, promote and to support each other within the Deaf community which includes Deaf-friendly companies and hearing allies! It is open to the Deaf community […]
At the recent 50th Biennial IAD conference, members proposed and voted on having a committee to develop a new logo for IAD. Logo committee: Logo designer Michael Dubowe, Rosemary Edwards, Joe Vieira and logo liaison Darci Zook met and discussed the logo requirements and suggestions for nearly 2 months. On September 22, the Board voted on […]
IAD had their Q3 Board Meeting in Jacksonville, IL on Sunday, September 22. Lots of developments as we approach the end of 2019. There will be several IAD events to stay tuned for! Check out the IAD calendar on www.iadeaf.org or IAD Facebook events and IAD chapters Facebook events. If you have questions or concerns […]
Chicago Park District kicked off Deaf Awareness Month the right way at the Chicago Cubs game on September 3. Camp Sign Adventures children performed the national anthem in ASL! Check out the story that ABC7 covered on Deaf Awareness and there is a video clip. Not only is it Deaf Awareness Month, but the month of September also is National […]
Video contains 200 photos, brief video clips, acknowledgement of IAD Award winners and newly elected IAD Officers for the 2019-2021 term. Feel free to share and it is not too early consider coming to our 2021 Conference ! https://youtu.be/UWEGVAQhTiI
If you attend a portion of or all of the recent conference, please take a few moments to complete a short survey and provide any feedback you may have. All responses will be kept confidential and aggregated (combined with other responses) to compile a summary of responses received. By identifying what worked and what did […]
A friendly reminder! For those who purchased a combo ticket and are staying at the Marriott hotel, parking is free with hotel room access code. The parking garage is right across the street from the hotel. There will be a daily parking fee for those who are not staying at the hotel. Other public parking […]
If you missed the last IAD Conference, which was held on June 2017 in Naperville, and want to learn more about it. Review a previously published SWB (State Wide Bulletin) article, 2017 IAD and IRID Conference Summary, which summarizes the event that took place. Although this was a joint event between IAD and IRID at that time, the 2019 conference will […]
