GLAD job announcement ignores different identities of people with hearing loss
In this situation, a service organization called the Greater Los
Angeles Council on Deafness (GLAD) in Los Angeles is looking for a Chief
Executive Officer (CEO). GLAD's mission is to serve the "Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Community" (presumably including the 95% of the community
who are not Culturally Deaf and
do not use sign language. The qualifications, however, focus on
accommodating the needs of the Culturally Deaf and fail to even mention
the hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf members or their
needs. Read their Employment Notice.
An inquiry letter was sent to this
agency. The letter points out these apparent incongruities and asks for
their comments.
And here is GLAD's Response.
