Please take a few moments to submit your 2023 IAD Award Nominations via this GoogleForm. The deadline is Wednesday, April 19th at 11:59 PM (CT)!
Please take a few moments to submit your 2023 IAD Award Nominations via this GoogleForm. The deadline is Wednesday, April 19th at 11:59 PM (CT)!
Are you a deaf or hard of hearing government employee? The Deaf in Government is a networking group that empowers deaf and hard of hearing government employees that helps others to overcome communication barriers, resolve accessibility issues and networking. There is no charge to become a member member with DIG (Deaf in Government). It is […]
Dear IAD Members and Deaf Illinoisans, During this difficult time with the Covid-19 (Coronavirus), IAD would like to remind everyone to stay abreast of health warnings and concerns regarding this pandemic. At this time, IAD may not be hosting any in-person events. IAD will be following ‘Social Distancing’ recommendations for supporting our members. Which […]
IAD has established a new Illinois Deaf Ecosystem Directory on its website, which can be found under ‘Resources’ on the web site navigation menu. What is an Ecosystem?As defined by investopedia.com, an ecosystem is “supported by a foundation of interacting organizations and individuals which produces goods and services of value to customers, who are members […]
IAD has established a new FB Group: Illinois Deaf Ecosystem! This is a public group for Illinois Deaf community to bring together customers, Deaf business owners and Deaf-Friendly businesses to share, promote and to support each other within the Deaf community which includes Deaf-friendly companies and hearing allies! It is open to the Deaf community […]
Video contains 200 photos, brief video clips, acknowledgement of IAD Award winners and newly elected IAD Officers for the 2019-2021 term. Feel free to share and it is not too early consider coming to our 2021 Conference ! https://youtu.be/UWEGVAQhTiI
If you attend a portion of or all of the recent conference, please take a few moments to complete a short survey and provide any feedback you may have. All responses will be kept confidential and aggregated (combined with other responses) to compile a summary of responses received. By identifying what worked and what did […]
A friendly reminder! For those who purchased a combo ticket and are staying at the Marriott hotel, parking is free with hotel room access code. The parking garage is right across the street from the hotel. There will be a daily parking fee for those who are not staying at the hotel. Other public parking […]
If you missed the last IAD Conference, which was held on June 2017 in Naperville, and want to learn more about it. Review a previously published SWB (State Wide Bulletin) article, 2017 IAD and IRID Conference Summary, which summarizes the event that took place. Although this was a joint event between IAD and IRID at that time, the 2019 conference will […]
IAD is in the process of creating a list of Deaf and Hard of Hearing-owned businesses that we will be displaying on our website. There will be no charge to list your Deaf or Hard of Hearing-owned business. 🙂 If you are a Deaf/Hard of Hearing business owner within the state of Illinois, please provide […]