December 2011 Archives

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) 2012 conference has been posted on NAD's website. Please check the NAD website at www.nad.org if you are interested in purchasing your ticket combo and hotel information.

The "Belle of Louisville" steamboat cruise offers a very nice boat ride which includes entertainment and fireworks on Wednesday night, July 4, 2012. Tickets, which are not included with the NAD registration combo, are $40.00 each. Tickets are limited so please hurry. If you have any questions, please email Sharon at president@kydeaf.org.

The NAD registration "early bird combo" is $135.00 if you purchase by February 29, 2012.

If you are interested in becoming an NAD member and/or giving a donation to NAD, please complete the Individual Membership/Donation Form and submit it to NAD.

Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD) is asking that you please support KAD's fundraising efforts by downloading the NAD Conference Registration Form here so that KAD will receive a share of the profits from NAD. The forms you download from the KAD website has a special code on them which ensures that KAD will get a share of the profits. KAD would sincerely appreciate it and it would help KAD with local efforts.

Don't miss THIS EVENT and please help spread the word about it to everyone. A week of "DEAF EVENTS" culminating in DeaFestival 2012, all day on Saturday July 7, 2012!

Many thanks for all your support! See you all in Louisville in July, 2012!! Happy Holidays!!

NAD Individual Membership/Donation Form
NAD Conference Registration Form
NAD Conference Hotel Reservation Form

The National Black Deaf Advocates is calling out for you to mark November 10, 2012 on your calendar as the day to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

KAD congratulates NBDA on this upcoming important milestone!

See their flyer here...

This informative ten minute video briefly describes the structure of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and how deaf Americans may access its various services.

To All Who Are Interested in Assistive Technology:

Please consider serving on the Kentucky Assistive Technology Service (KATS) Network Advisory Council to help provide guidance to the State on providing assistive technology (AT) to the thousands of Kentuckians with disabilities who use or need AT. This program is funded under the Federal Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as amended.

The KATS Network is currently seeking individuals to serve on the Advisory Council in the positions of representative of a State Center for Independent Living, representative of a Kentucky State Educational Agency, a representative from the Western and Northern Kentucky areas who represent individuals with disabilities who use assistive technology or the family members or guardians of the individuals who will serve with the responsibility to help provide guidance to the State on providing assistive technology (AT) to the thousands of Kentuckians with disabilities who use or need AT.

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Mmm yummy! It's that time of year again folks, KSD's Annual Pancake and Sausage Bazar. Taking place at KSD's Grow Hall Cafeteria on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 6:30 AM to 1:15 PM. Don't miss it!

Check out the flyer...