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The NAD and You-Advocacy Update! |
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The NAD and You-Advocacy Update!
Happy New Year!
We want to let you all know about several new postings to the NAD website so that you can know what we’ve been doing. Check out the latest Advocacy blogs, new additions to NAD in Action, and additional postings under Latest News. Here are three examples:
NAD Participates in the Obama-Biden Transition After his historic election, President-elect Obama assembled a team of advisors to review the functions and policies of the current Administration and make plans for change. The NAD has met with members of the Transition Project twice, has engaged in numerous calls, and has submitted written recommendations for leadership and public policy.
NAD Works to Ensure Captioning on Obama’s Website It is fair to say that President-elect Obama will be the most web-savvy U.S.. President in history. The NAD has contacted members of Mr. Obama’s staff to remind them of the necessity of ensuring that all videos posted include captions.
NAD Files Brief in Movie Captioning Case The NAD Law and Advocacy Center recently filed a “friend of the court” brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging the Court to rule that the ADA requires movie theaters to display captions to ensure that deaf or hard of hearing people can participate fully and equally in the experience of going to see a movie.
We’re passionate about protecting the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing Americans. Come and be part of this passion – there’s much hope and promise for 2009. Help carry on the work of the NAD – as a member and donor.
www.nad.org/join
www.nad.org/donate
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.
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