Welcome to Connecticut Association of the Deaf website. . .

CAD is a state association as one of affiliations under the National Association of the Deaf to promote the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard-of-hearing CT residents and non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback all online services and opportunities to share ideas and information, get updated on what's happening in our organization and community.

Connecticut Association of the Deaf is working HARD to ensure that you still have your rights here. There are some things that we want to accomplish this year as follows:

• Ensure that American School for the Deaf gets its funding without much reduction (look at NY Schools for the Deaf – they got a word about cutting 80%). The governor’s budget for ASD remains intact.



• Ensure that Commission of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired has its own entity – not merging with other agencies like Dept of Social Services or the like. If merging, then we have to do plan B.



• Enact the ASL as a part of world language that we are working on it for a few years. Once it passes, then the ASL can be considered as a language in the state.



• Work closely with various agencies where they serve deaf and hard of hearing to provide appropriate services that they need.



• Work closely with Office of Protection Advocacy to see that hospitals provide appropriate interpreters as needed, not depending on VRI on certain situations.



• Keep National Theatre of the Deaf with its funding status and its activities.



• And few more . . .

So your membership dues is attached and please help us out by paying your membership. It will entitle you to subscribe the newsletter, get a good price for the conference and few others. Your support is much appreciated.

Hope to see your check coming in the mail soon. Thanks, Mike