NAD Board Update: Being Accountable Video: https://youtu.be/frsETd7gVQ8 Super Bowl LVIII and the days following should have been a celebration of our culture, our language, and making progress. This was not the case. Over the last two weeks, the NAD Board…
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Former Superintendent Claire Receives Award at Deaf Authors Book Festival at TSD
Former Superintendent Claire Bugen receives a major award on May 5, 2022 at the 1st Deaf Authors Book Festival at TSD
NAD Supports Maine Deaf Community – Mass Shooting at Cornhole Tournament
NAD Supports Maine Deaf Community On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 there was a mass shooting at a deaf cornhole tournament in Lewiston, Maine. Several people were reportedly shot and a few deaf people were killed. The NAD, along with the…
NAD Responds to WFD 2027 Host Country Selection
NAD Responds to WFD 2027 Host Country Selection Video: https://youtu.be/qmWZSpdzYro From Jeju, Korea at the XIX World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), President Jenny Buechner and CEO Howard A. Rosenblum report on the WFD process for…
Teaching Sign Language on Social Media Platforms
The NAD affirms that the teaching of sign language in social media needs to be done by members of the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Late-Deafened, and Hard of Hearing communities who are heritage signers. It is important to recognize and respect…
In Memoriam: Jack R. Gannon
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) remembers Jack Randle Gannon, who passed away on March 14, 2022. He was 85 years old. Jack worked closely with the NAD to chronicle the history of our Deaf Community, and was well…