National Association of the Deaf

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National Association of the Deaf

• Mallory Hofstad
• And
• Laura Tanouye

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National Association of the Deaf

• Mission of the Agency
  To promote protect and preserve the
  rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of
  hearing individuals in the U.S.A.

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An overview of what NAD does

• ASLTA
• Captioned Media Program
• Conferences
• Development
• Govt Affairs
• Jr NAD
• Membership
• Miss Deaf America
• Scholarships and Awards
• Youth Leadership Camp

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History

• Private, non-profit organization
• Established in 1880
• to safeguard the accessibility with education,
  employment, health care and communications.

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Membership

• Deaf or hard of hearing
• Benefits Discounts from other businesses
• expand deaf awareness, deaf culture, and deaf
  heritage efforts.
• Strengthen its representation base and influence
  on public policy, legislative, and advocacy
  issues.

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NAD Board

• President- Andy Lange
• Vice President- Marilyn J. Smith
• Secretary- Dan Brubaker
• Treasurer- Tom Dillon
• Several Regional leaders throughout the United
  States

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Captioned Media Program

• Technical assistance and research for captioning
  agencies,
• Selects materials for open-captioning
• Distributes open captioned materials

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Junior NAD

• Youth program of NAD
• Formed Byron and Caroline Burnes
• over 3,000 members (7th to 12th grade)
• deaf youth of tomorrow
• leadership skills.
• Invests in Junior NAD members to invest in future
  deaf community
• No cost
• Publications
• Junior NAD Bulletin
• Junior Deaf American
• Junior NADmag

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Youth Leadership Camp

• One month every summer (4 weeks in June)
• ASL
• encourage young student leaders to develop a
  greater purpose in life

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Miss Deaf American Pageant

• Women 18 - 28
• spokeswoman of NAD
• Every 2 years
• 2002-2004 winner Tyese Wright
• cultural talent performance
• in 1972 only 5 contestants
• community service, academics, current events,
  deaf culture, and more.

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MDA cont.

• Miss Deaf American and her the runners up
• Left to Right, Tawny Holmes, Tyese Wright, and
  Paula Souhrada.