Published on August 8, 2007 in Deaf World As Eye See It blog.
This is my greatest delight to post the National Association of the Deaf’s (NAD) response to “The Greatest Irony” videoclip.
Several days ago, I e-mailed Bobbie Beth Scoggins, President of NAD and Nancy Bloch, Executive Director of NAD inviting them to view this videoclip, The Greatest Irony along with Parent’s and Audiologist’s responses. They responded back promptly with their statement to share with all of you, the viewers and the Deaf community.
The National Association of the Deaf was established in 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The NAD has a long history of defending the rights of deaf and hard of hearing people. Throughout the history of the NAD, new challenges always rise and breakthroughs and achievements have created a better life for deaf and hard of hearing people.
The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to promote, protect, and preserve the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.
We appreciate your thoughtful comments about making sure that deaf babies have opportunities to learn American Sign Language – a fully accessible language – right from the start. Taking this one step further, all of us in the deaf community need to support families of deaf and hard of hearing children in any way we can. We need to form alliances with families, become mentors, and help them learn to sign. We need to let them know it is okay to be deaf.
We need to be involved in our state early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs. Each state has an EHDI advisory panel. We need to be at that table – in every state.
We also need to reach out to audiologists and other medical professionals so they can see our real life successes.
Let’s take the energy generated by The Greatest Irony and translate that into better support for deaf and hard of hearing babies and their families.
The Greatest Irony - N.A.D.’s Response
Published on August 8, 2007 in Deaf World As Eye See It blog.
This is my greatest delight to post the National Association of the Deaf’s (NAD) response to “The Greatest Irony” videoclip.
Several days ago, I e-mailed Bobbie Beth Scoggins, President of NAD and Nancy Bloch, Executive Director of NAD inviting them to view this videoclip, The Greatest Irony along with Parent’s and Audiologist’s responses. They responded back promptly with their statement to share with all of you, the viewers and the Deaf community.
The National Association of the Deaf was established in 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The NAD has a long history of defending the rights of deaf and hard of hearing people. Throughout the history of the NAD, new challenges always rise and breakthroughs and achievements have created a better life for deaf and hard of hearing people.
The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to promote, protect, and preserve the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.
National Association of the Deaf’s webpage
We appreciate your thoughtful comments about making sure that deaf babies have opportunities to learn American Sign Language – a fully accessible language – right from the start. Taking this one step further, all of us in the deaf community need to support families of deaf and hard of hearing children in any way we can. We need to form alliances with families, become mentors, and help them learn to sign. We need to let them know it is okay to be deaf.
We need to be involved in our state early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs. Each state has an EHDI advisory panel. We need to be at that table – in every state.
We also need to reach out to audiologists and other medical professionals so they can see our real life successes.
Let’s take the energy generated by The Greatest Irony and translate that into better support for deaf and hard of hearing babies and their families.
Bobbie Beth and Nancy