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NAD Participates in 2008 National EHDI Conference
By advocacy | March 10, 2008
Part One: Introduction and Overview
The NAD participated in the National Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Conference which was held in New Orleans on February 25-26, 2008. The conference was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. About 600 people from all 50 states attended, including medical professionals such as pediatricians, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, geneticists, and health program directors, as well as educators, researchers, parents, and advocates. The NAD also served on the planning committee of the 2008 conference.
“The conference was visibly different this year,” said Barbara Raimondo, staff attorney at the NAD Law and Advocacy Center. “You couldn’t go anywhere without seeing people signing. Interestingly, even though there were relatively few deaf people attending the conference, all of the hearing people who could sign, signed, too. So the number of people signing greatly increases.” One participant said, “The first thing that ‘struck’ me was seeing many signing hands in the lobby when I arrived. It was an awesome sight.”
Overall, the conference seemed to be much more inclusive this year. More deaf and hard of hearing people participated and presented at this conference than ever before. Conference networking events were also well attended by people who signed, providing additional opportunities to socialize and to meet with other participants informally.
Watch for more conference highlights coming soon in Part Two: “Through Deaf Eyes”
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March 10th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Perfect! That is what I want to see. Your participation will make a difference by getting people together and influence them and make them see our way of life. Many future Deaf children will thank to you for breaking through!
well done!
Deafchip
March 10th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I’m so glad to see NAD participating in this conference!
March 10th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Hi, NAD Advocacy,
Thanks for establishing a blog, and shares the message with us. And thanks for the comments setup. Appreciate that.
deafk