Lots of exciting news to share! March is Deaf Women History Month! How are you celebrating your fellow deaf women this month? _____________________________________________________________________________ On March 4th, National Association of the Deaf – NAD announced an exciting Congressional bill that will recognize American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign languages used in the U.S. through ensuring that […]
For Deaf individuals who may be interested in becoming a CDI, one of the requirements is 40 hours of training before you are able to sit in the RID/CASLI’s CDI written exam. Don’t miss this opportunity! The training will take place in Indianapolis at Indiana School for the Deaf on March 27-29 and April 24-26 2020. […]
Are you ready for the 2020 NAD Conference in Chicago? Make sure your NAD membership is current to attend all 55th Biennial NAD Conference events with the exception of the Exhibit Hall. If you are not a NAD member, you can join or purchase the non-member registration. You may download the PDF, fill it out on your computer, then print […]
IAD has established a new Illinois Deaf Ecosystem Directory on its website, which can be found under ‘Resources’ on the web site navigation menu. What is an Ecosystem?As defined by investopedia.com, an ecosystem is “supported by a foundation of interacting organizations and individuals which produces goods and services of value to customers, who are members […]
Be sure to tune in this Sunday for the Super Bowl LIV! Christine Sun Kim will be signing the National Anthem and America the Beautiful. Here are two articles to get to know the Transgressive Deaf Artist Christine Sun Kim better and how they were selected to perform. Make us proud! Christine Sun Kim Article […]
The priorities committee met on Zoom (video conference) on Wednesday night. IAD Secretary Darci Zook, Media Coordinator Don Moore, Fara Harper Jacksonville Chapter of IAD and Sam Russotto, McLakes Chapter of IAD discussed the updates with the IAD website, future mentorship program and so much more. IAD’s first board meeting of the year will be […]
Next Saturday on January 25 at 7PM, the Windy City Bulls and IAD will be hosting their annual Deaf Awareness Night. Come and join us for a fun-filled night and let’s cheer the Windy City Bulls on! Purchase your Windy City Bulls Deaf Awareness Tickets today and be sure to invite your family and friends for a slam-dunkin’ evening! […]
Every New Year, there is always a new set of laws to obey. Check out the new laws for the State of Illinois New Laws for 2020. Want to become more involved in helping the State of Illinois improve for the deaf+ community? NAD State Legislative Affairs Coordinator Kim Bianco Majeri gives an update about the importance of meeting […]
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 […]
