Members at the 2007 IAD Conference voted on the top
10 motions from the Forums to be sent to the IAD General Meeting.
From these 10 motions, IAD members selected the top 5 motions to
become the 2007-2009 priorities of the IAD. Because of a tie
in votes, we have 6 priorities.
- 2007-ITASCA-ADVOCACY-03:
- Title: Communication Access Fund for Licensed
Professionals
- Motion: IAD shall advocate for the establishment
of a Communication Access Fund within two different licensed
professional gropus; doctors & lawyers, funded by their
license fees.
- Proposed by: Howard Rosenblum
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- 2007-ITASCA-ADVOCACY-08:
- Title: ASL Recognized in Language
- Motion: IAD shall establish a committee to push
for state recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) as a
language.
- Proposed by: Marilyn Harbison
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- 2007-ITASCA-ADVOCACY-09:
- Title: ASL Teacher Hiring
- Motion: If American Sign Language is recognized
as a language in the State of Illinois, the IAD shall
advocate for the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
and high education institutions to make an effort to hire
deaf teachers to teach American Sign Language.
- Proposed by: Gary Etkie
- 2007-ITASCA-OUTREACH-04:
- Title: Partnership of Events
- Motion: IAD shall set up at least six (6)
outreach events to create partnerships with local deaf and
hard of hearing organizations to recruit individuals and
organizations for membership and to share resources among
organizations.
- Proposed by: Dennis O'Brien
- 2007-ITASCA-ADVOCACY-02:
- Title: Director of Deaf & Hard of
Hearing Services
- Motion: IAD shall advocate for the filling of the
now vacant position of Director of Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Services within the Illinois Division of Mental Health.
- Proposed by: Sara Bianco
- 2007-ITASCA-ADVOCACY-04:
- Title: Substance Abuse Prevention
- Motion: IAD shall advocate for an increase in
funding to the Substance and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Program in Illinois for deaf and hard of hearing people.
- Proposed by: Kate Kubey
