National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3876
301-587-1788 Voice
301-587-1789 TTY
301-587-1791 FAX
NADinfo@nad.org Email
http://www.nad.org/
Website
NAD National Conventions
The National Association of
the Deaf (NAD), established in 1880, is the oldest and largest
constituency organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil
rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education,
employment, health care, and telecommunications.
A private, non-profit
organization, the NAD is a dynamic federation of 51 state association
affiliates including the District of Columbia, organizational
affiliates, and direct members.
Programs and activities include
grassroots advocacy and empowerment, captioned media, certification of
American Sign Language professionals; certification of sign language
interpreters; deafness-related information and publications, legal
assistance, policy development and research, public awareness, and youth
leadership development.
Headquartered in Silver Spring,
Maryland, the NAD also has program offices in Spartanburg, South
Carolina and Morganton, North Carolina.
The NAD national conventions are held every two years.
The 2004 convention will be held July 5 - 10 in Kansas
City, MO
Here's the scoop on the 2002
convention in Washington DC.
