Interested in improving services for Deaf consumers of mental health, substance abuse, or developmental / intellectual disabilities in KY?

We are looking for one KSD alumnus to serve on the Advisory Council on Services to Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Members come to Frankfort four times a year to meet and make recommendations to the Department for Behavioral Health. Mileage is paid and hotel may be arranged if you live more than 40 miles from the meeting. The term of service is three years. For more information, please contact Michelle Niehaus or call her at VP 1-877-385-0460.

Seasons Greetings from the Kentucky Association of the Deaf. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you in 2010!!

Welcome back old friends and welcome to our newcomers as well!

No, there isn't anything wrong with your eyes. We have, in fact, changed the appearance of our web site. Like anything else, things tend to get old after some time so we thought it was time to freshen things up a bit. We wanted to add some more graphics than we've had in the past. We're deaf and we love using our eyes, don't we? The head of each page will contain a large image which is more or less representative of our great and beautiful state of Kentucky. We hope you like it and we are open to any suggestions you may have, just let us know.

We'd like to send out a big old heartfelt "THANK YOU" to Mr. Frank Adams for his fantastic expertise and hard work over the last 7 years in developing and maintaining our web site. Thank you Frank, know that we feel nothing less than gratitude and appreciation when we think of you.

A President's term ends

J. Kevin Martin, KAD President 2001-2009

We, the Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD) Board would like to give a warm thank you to J.Kevin Martin for his "MANY YEARS" of service and dedication to KAD. The Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD) will continue to lead and keep the hope alive! We are moving forward because of people like you who care! You really brought a new birth to the Kentucky Association for the Deaf (KAD) and we are grateful! Because of people like you, Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD) is around this long and will continue to stay "STRONG".

As Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD) goes through new changes of a "Team of Leaders" as well as a "New Look". The new website will be around for many to view and hope to join KAD as a member. We will continue to help KAD bring in new leaders for the next generation to take charge! Remember the goals we set for ourselves will be for the next generation to lead.

Again, THANK YOU!

This just in:

The KAD board election is over and the votes have been tallied up and here's the makeup of the 2009 Kentucky Association of the Deaf Board:

Board Officers:

Who says the British can't do comedy? It seems that deaf humor transcends borders in this hilarious video, based on Monty Python's "Four Yorkshiremen", where 4 British deaf men try to outdo each other over how rough their lives were.

As an aside, it's interesting to watch 4 men using British Sign Language and if you really pay attention, you'll notice how similar many of their signs are to ASL. It's also interesting how we can even understand the signs that are very different from ours. The video is captioned to assist you.

Anyway, watch the video and wait for the punchline at the end. This is deaf humor at its best!