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 Last Update: May 13, 2012 CT General Assembly Passed the Deaf Child Bill of Rights “A great beginning for Connecticut children and youth who are deaf and hard of hearing!” -- Dr. Harvey Corson, President, Connecticut Association of the Deaf On Wednesday, May 8, the CT Senators have unanimously passed the Deaf Bill of Rights (HB 5353, Section 11); only a few days after the CT House of Representatives passed the bill also unanimously. Once Governor Malloy signs the Deaf Child Bill of Rights into law, the State of Connecticut will become the 12th State in the United States that has the Deaf Child Bill of Rights (DCBR) law. It is truly a historic day in the making for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities in Connecticut as well across the country, because the DCBR law requires that a Language & Communication Plan be attached to EVERY deaf/hard of hearing child’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Under the leadership of Dr. Harvey Corson, the President of the Connecticut Association of the Deaf (CAD), and Ms. Terry Bedard, a mother of a deaf son, who is the President of the Hear Hear Hartford, a Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA); many deaf and hard of hearing individuals as well organizations serving them have worked together and put all their effort into getting this bill passed. Many of them have wrote letters, made phone calls to and even met with their legislators. As a result, the DCBR bill passed through both houses in spite of the fact that this year’s legislative session was only 60 days long, which is remarkable, because according to Ms. Bedard, the average amount of time to get a legislation passed is about 5 years! To celebrate this historic legislation, many leaders, supporters and their organizations are planning to come together at the Saturday, June 2nd Walk4Hearing event in the Great River Park in East Hartford where many CT legislators will be invited to join in the celebration! It will be a wonderful opportunity for us to thank the legislators for their unwavering support of our DCBR bill. What’s more is that CAD will have a participating walk team at this event. For more information how to join the CAD walk team or make a donation to the CAD team, scroll down to the next article on this page or go to the Walk4Hearing website at Walk4Hearing. To read the Deaf Bill of Rights click here to see the Section 11 of HB5353. For more information about the CAD Walk Team at the June 2nd Walk4Hearing event, please contact Richard Morris at MorrisRich@aol.com CAD plans to walk to support local programs/services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Connecticut Association of the Deaf (CAD) is a proud participating Walk Team of the Hartford Walk4Hearing event in Hartford, on Saturday June 2, 2012. Our goal is to raise money to support both local & nationwide programs and services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities. At the local level, a significant portion of the gross proceeds raised will go to support the following valuable programs and services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in Connecticut:
CAD now has a team page on the Walk4Hearing website www.walk4hearing.org. If you're interested to join the CAD Walk Team (It is FREE) - Click here to view the team page for Connecticut Association of the Deaf for more information and easy step-by-step instructions how you can register to become a member of the CAD Walk Team. If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://hlaa.convio.net/site/TR?team_id=22620&pg=team&fr_id=1975&et=7H6UgUEm-cToJFPau5uIFg&s_tafId=15560 If you are not able to walk with us, you can still help us achieve our goal by making a donation TODAY. No donation is too small! Instructions how to make a donation also can be found on the above CAD team page. If you have questions or need assistance to register, contact Richard Morris at morrisrich@aol.com The CAD Walk team thanks you in advance for your support! Are you interested in improving Hospice and Palliative Care services for Deaf people? We are looking for individuals who are Deaf and use ASL to interview about their experiences with family members and friends during the end of their life. See flyer |
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Last Update: May 16, 2012                CAD now has its own Facebook page. Click on the above Facebook icon above to see the new CAD Facebook page. Click on "Like" button to show your support! |
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CAD New England Deaf Mixed Volleyball Tournament was a Success! CAD had sponsored a successful CAD New England Deaf Mixed Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Approximately 120 CAD members, fans and friends showed up at the American School of the Deaf (ASD) Ward Gym to witness a record breaking seven different teams played volleyball games filled with energy. Lunch was provided by ZVRS and CAD. An Information Sharing session was held during lunch. The tourney concluded at 4:30pm with the following results: 1st place: Volley Hands; 2nd place: Flying Monkeys; and 3rd place: Adult Vocational Services. CAD congrats all seven teams for their participation and thanks all fans for their support. Special thanks go to Barbara Cassin, Chair and her fine committee for coordinating a well done event. Deaf Child Bill of Rights Initiative
To Members and Friends: It is an honor to serve as your CAD President for the next two years, 2011-2013. I want to thank President Mike Finneran, the officers, board members, committee chairs and members for their fine work during the Finneran Administration for the past two years, 2009-2011. It is gratifying to see that the new CAD Board -- out of eleven elected officers and board members, ten of them have chosen to continue their service on this board in the same or different roles. One “new” board member is a veteran from previous years of service to the CAD. That speaks well of all eleven officers and board members in terms of their interest and commitment. I shall look forward to working with them as the members of the same team. The next two years we will have our goal of making the lives of our Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens more meaningful and enjoyable in this State of Connecticut. We shall pursue Equal Access and Equal Opportunity for all Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens in our advocacy work. This will mean we will continue our work with the Connecticut Coalition for Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children (CCEDHHC), including the American School for the Deaf and CREC Sound Bridge, in securing an appropriate “Deaf Child’s Educational Bill of Rights” state legislation in Connecticut. This will also mean we will continue our work with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs Serving the Deaf (CEASD) in advocacy work in securing an appropriate “Child First” Federal legislation in the forthcoming reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This will also mean we will continue our work with the CT Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA), the NAD, and other partners in advocating for captioning of movies and captioning for text with internet based web streaming services in accordance to latest Federal and state court rulings, the proposed Rule Making to Revise the ADA Implementing Regulations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the proposed Rule Making to Implement the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). We recognize that we need to be unified in our efforts. Therefore, I say this to you all: come one and come all to be CAD members of this 73- year old civil rights organization of the Connecticut Deaf Community. Attached is the Membership Application Form to fill out and join the CAD. Thank you for your continued interest and support. |
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