{"id":44616,"date":"2023-10-27T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T18:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=44616"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T18:51:11","slug":"nad-supports-maine-deaf-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/10\/27\/nad-supports-maine-deaf-community\/","title":{"rendered":"NAD Supports Maine Deaf Community &#8211; Mass Shooting at Cornhole Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9DeCFaYeu8U?si=sFrYzkLCeEzeTR_n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>NAD Supports Maine Deaf Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The NAD, along with the Maine Association of the Deaf (MeAD), commit our support for any needs of the Maine Deaf Community, and express our condolences for the families, friends, and communities in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>We value and advocate for communication access for the Maine Deaf Community and the NAD stands by to support the MeAD as the communities recover from this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage people to consider the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deaflead.org\/services\/crisis-intervention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/deaflead.org\/services\/crisis-intervention\/\">DeafLEAD<\/a>\u00a0(view their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cy3v9YXx8K4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cy3v9YXx8K4\/\">Instagram post<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaldeaftherapy.com\/asl-support-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/nationaldeaftherapy.com\/asl-support-line\/\">National Deaf Therapy<\/a>\u00a0(view their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cy4CSFGSHGI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cy4CSFGSHGI\/\">Instagram post<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>NAD\u2019s Position Statement on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nad.org\/about-us\/position-statements\/position-statement-on-accessible-emergency-management-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.nad.org\/about-us\/position-statements\/position-statement-on-accessible-emergency-management-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-people\/\">Accessible Emergency Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SOURCE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nad.org\/2023\/10\/27\/nad-supports-maine-deaf-community\/\">https:\/\/www.nad.org\/2023\/10\/27\/nad-supports-maine-deaf-community\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE #2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymoth.com\/blog\/four-deaf-people-murdered-in-maine-mass-shooting\">https:\/\/www.dailymoth.com\/blog\/four-deaf-people-murdered-in-maine-mass-shooting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/10\/27\/nad-supports-maine-deaf-community\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[25042,27745,3312,27744,100,23419,12474,438],"class_list":["post-44616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-charmaine-hurt","tag-lewiston","tag-maine","tag-maine-association-of-the-deaf","tag-nad","tag-national-assocation-of-the-deaf","tag-shooting","tag-tournament"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-bBC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1622,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2007\/05\/11\/nad-supports-deaf-childrens-right-to-sign-language\/","url_meta":{"origin":44616,"position":0},"title":"NAD Supports Deaf Children&#8217;s Right to Sign Language","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"May 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"NAD Supports Deaf Children's Right to Sign Language A News Release from the National Association of the Deaf Release Date: May 11, 2007 Contact: Rosaline H. 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