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The National Association for the Deaf

An Idea is Born

4 Gallaudet college alumni come together to pay tribute to Thomas H Gallaudet & Laurent Clerc in Hartford, CT

They discuss the possibility of creating a national association for deaf americans but travel and a common newspaper were a major concern

The New England Gallaudet Association for the Deaf is establihed

History is Made

  • Officially became the National Association for the Deaf

  • Post-Milan, the NAD's focus was to unite and solve their own problems:

  • Fight Oralism & Preserve ASL
  • Advocate for better vocational training in schools
  • Improve the public (hearing) perception of Deafness

Cinncinnati

  • 21 States represented
  • Wanted to be identified as a separate class in American Society
  • Elected 1st President of NAD

References

Baynton, D.C., Gannon, J.R., & Bergey, J.L. Through deaf eyes: A photographic history of an american community. Washington, DC:

Gallaudet University Press. 2007.

Gannon, J.R. Deaf heritage: A narrative history of deaf america. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. 2012

Gannon, J.R. A narrative history of deaf america. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. 2012

Nomeland, M.M., and Nomeland, R.E. The community in america: History in the making. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, Inc. . 2012

Van Cleve, J.V. and Crouch, B.A. A place of their own: Creating the deaf community in america. Washington DC: Gallaudet University Press.

1989

NAD letter to Chelsea Handler Show. (11/2/2012). www.nad.org. Retrieved from

http://www.nad.org/sites/default/files/2012/November/NAD%20Letter%20to%20Chelsea%20Handler%20Show.jpg

Netflix and the national association of the deaf reach historic agreement to provide 100% closed captions in on-demand . (10/9/2012).

www.nad.org. Retrieved from http://www.nad.org/news/2012/10/netflix-and-national-association-deaf-reach-historic-agreement-provide-100-closed-capti

Milestones in NAD History

1896

  • First woman elected to the board

1910-'13

  • George Veditz and other valued Deaf orators record speeches to preserve ASL

1965

  • Black members first accepted

1980

  • NAD supports DPN at Gallaudet University
  • 1st woman president - Gertrude Galloway

2012

  • NAD supports marriage equality
  • NAD v. Netflix - by 2014, all content on Netflix will be CC'd
  • NAD presents a letter to Chelsea Handler regarding her mockery of ASL in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
  • http://www.nad.org/sites/default/files/2012/November/NAD%20Letter%20to%20Chelsea%20Handler%20Show.jpg

1850

1st Nat'l Convention

1880

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