NAD Supports DTV Transition Awareness Campaign

NAD Supports DTV Transition Awareness Campaign

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is pleased to announce
that it is working with CSD as an outreach resource partner to steer
consumers with digital TV (DTV) transition questions to CSD’s Help
Center. CSD was awarded a contract from the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) to implement an awareness campaign targeted to deaf,
hard of hearing and deaf-blind consumers in regard to the DTV
transition.

The NAD will place a banner on its home page with a direct link to
the CSD Help Center and will inform its membership and supporters
about this service.

“The NAD has been working closely with the FCC to ensure that the
needs of deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind consumers are seriously
taken under consideration during this transition,” said Nancy J.
Bloch, NAD Chief Executive Officer. “So, we are very pleased to work
with CSD on this important project to make sure our community has all
of the information it needs.”

Recently, Congress passed a bill to delay the DTV transition deadline
from February 17 to June 12, 2009. President Obama is expected to sign
the bill into law. This delay will give Americans more time to apply
for and receive government coupons to help purchase DTV converter
boxes. Currently, there is a waiting list (currently 3.2 million) for
converter box coupons. In addition, people will have more time to
connect and test their DTV converter boxes and receive the technical
assistance they need to make a smooth transition to DTV. CSD has
launched both a Help Center (call center) and a new Web site — with
“how to” videos in American Sign Language (ASL), captioning, voice
and in Spanish (captioned and voiced).

Please go to: http://dtv.c-s-d.org for more information.

About NAD

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in 1880 by
deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community
to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and
to have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs
remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value.
As a nonprofit federation, the mission of the NAD is to preserve,
protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf
and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. The
advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering the breadth of a lifetime
and impacting future generations in the areas of early intervention,
education, employment, health care, technology, telecommunications,
youth leadership, and more. For more information, please visit
www.nad.org.

About CSD

CSD (a.k.a. Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc.) was established
in 1975, primarily to provide sign language interpreting services to
deaf and hard of hearing adults in South Dakota. Today, CSD employs
over 1,500 individuals in offices across the nation, providing a broad
continuum of social and human services programs, as well as
telecommunications relay services. CSD is a private nonprofit agency
dedicated to providing quality services; ensuring public
accessibility; and increasing awareness of issues affecting the deaf,
hard of hearing and individuals with speech disabilities. For more
information, please visit www.c-s-d.org.

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