Congratulations Angela! Angela Botz, ISD ‘85, is the new CCDI Vice Chair and Regional Director for Region 5. CCDI stands for Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois. She is excited to serve on the board with their mission: “The Voice: advocating equal opportunities for all people with disabilities” and most importantly, equality through change […]
IAD President Corey Axelrod shares IAD’s success is not possible without the continuous support of the greater community. As Corey said, “You are the reason IAD has and will continue to thrive.” Have a fantastic New Year!
Qualified Illinois Residents can order a SmartPhone flasher/signaler. See flyer for details and features of this useful and cool device! Note: At this time requesting this device is not available via their website. Please contact Marion Dramin directly for assistance. Marion Dramin Illinois Telecommunications Access Corp. 3001 Montvale Drive Suite D […]
Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano, President of Gallaudet University, said it perfectly when she shared your right to vote is the most powerful action you can take as an American citizen in impacting this country’s future. Click here to find out where you can vote! #Election2016 #ElectionDay #GoVote
My name is Khiana Washington and I currently attend Columbia College Chicago in the American Sign Language Interpreting program. My teacher, Anglea Malcomson, thought it might be a good idea to reach out to you and see if you could help me with my research project. I am doing a project about the importance of understanding […]
Two weeks ago, the Illinois Association of the Deaf and West Suburban Association of the Deaf (WSAD) hosted a community roundtable. During this meeting, several people asked for IAD to take the lead with developing an email distribution list for all announcements related to the Illinois Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind community. Click here […]
IAD recently enhanced it’s website Calendar page to provide visitors increased flexibility when viewing scheduled events. Events can now be viewed by month, or in agenda, posterboard or stream format by selecting the choices on the right side of the Calendar webpage. Posted events now include details such as links to Googlemaps for directions and event […]
The Illinois Association of the Deaf (IAD) made a huge splash this week in Phoenix, Arizona at the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Conference! Watch IAD representatives share their experiences and areas of impact this week. The team looks forward to coming back home and continuing further with our mission of improving the lives of all in Illinois.
IAD President Corey Axelrod, Vice President Kevin Ryan, Membership Secretary Susan Dramin-Weiss and Jacksonville Chapter of IAD President will be representing the IAD next week at the NAD Conference. All four delegates want to hear from you; they want to know how IAD members would like them to vote during next week’s elections at the […]
With the arrival of Summer and the upcoming Fourth of July holidays, IAD would like to remind everyone not to text or video chat while driving or use many different kinds of apps (I.e. Via Glide, FaceTime or SMS). Read more…
