Recently Julie Rems-Smario, current CAD President, sent a letter listed below to Patrick O’Donnell, chair of the Appropriations Committee, urging him to support SB 210. Please show your support by sending an email to Misty.feusahrens@asm.ca.gov. Please send your email today! RE: SB 210 (Galgiani): Special Education: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: Language Milestones – SUPPORT, as amended…
SB 210- Assembly Education Committee 1) Image Description and transcript 2) CAD sample letter to send to Assembly Education Committee 3) List of Assembly Education Committee members’ contact info IMAGE DESCRIPTION: CAD Logo- Light blue Circle with dark blue letters CAD inside. Outside of the logo, black letters: “California Association of the Deaf 1906” The…
Dear Deaf Californians and Allies, Hello everyone! Deaf children of California need your SUPPORT to end language deprivation. SB 210 demands accountability for language acquisition. SB 210 is CAD-sponsored bill to mandate language acquisition accountability for all Deaf children between the ages of 0 to 5 to make sure acquire language during…
This is to let you know that the CAD Board is meeting on November 15 at CSUN. The meeting will not be open to the public. CAD met with communities in Sacramento, Orange County, and San Diego. Those three meetings were great because people expressed concerns, participated in discussion of priorities, and helped the CAD…
CAD responds to Thomas Bone’s letter– NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US- Dear Mr. Bone: Thank you for the response to the August 25, 2014 email from California Association of the Deaf. We would like to meet with you and discuss your response to our concerns about your new Parent’s Guide to Hearing Loss.…
Recently, Thomas Bone, Chief of Statewide Programs Section-Systems of Care Division/DHCS, responded to CAD’s letter of concern about California Academy of Audiology’s pamphlet, “A Parent’s Guide to Hearing Loss.” We are working on our response- Keep you all posted– Julie Rems Smario, President Marla Hatrak, Vice President California Association for the Deaf Dear Ms.…
The CAD board recently sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission sharing their concern about the lack of full and barrier-free access to video mail when using videophones. Please read the PDF attachment below! fcc9.3.pdf
CAD sent a letter earlier this month of August to Dr. Thomas Bone, Chief of Statewide Programs Section, in which we expressed concern about their new pamphlet titled “A Parent’s Guide to Learing Loss” that was developed without input from any of the Deaf community. It also duplicated and contradicted the pamphlet that was prepared…