IAD Senior Citizens Committee Co-Chair Jim Lomanto shares his excitement to work with IAD again, this time in ensuring deaf seniors in Illinois have assistance and resources to make the right choices when choosing a nursing home and assisted living facility. Click here to read continuous updates on IAD.
Newly appointed IAD Media Director Amanda RS Lucki is seeking interested people to join the Media Team under the Media Director for the following positions: Statewide Bulletin Editor, Public Relations Director, and Webmaster. If you are interested in becoming involved with the Media Team, click here to email Media Director Amanda RS Lucki.
Despite the appointment of the interim superintendent at ISD, IAD remains concerned about the situation at ISD and is submitting a letter to the Secretary of Education, Dr. Beth Purvis addressing our concerns. Click here to read the letter sent to Dr. Purvis on August 7, 2015.
IAD Secretary Shelley Williams shares IAD is still seeking Committee Chairs for the following committees: Fundraising, History/Archives and the Nursing Home and Ward of State Adhoc Committee. If you are interested in chairing one of these committees, please contact President Corey Axelrod at President@iadeaf.org.
IAD’s newly appointed Chair of the Emergency Alert and Access Committee, Rosemary Edwards, is requesting you share your experiences about emergency alerts and access to information during emergencies. If you have stories or experiences to share, please contact Rosemary today!
IAD President Corey Axelrod takes a moment to share how you can now join or renew your IAD membership online and IAD recently added a new ‘News and Updates’ page to the IAD website. Complete your membership registration at www.iadeaf.org/membershipand visit www.iadeaf.org/news-and-updates for your latest IAD information! Please contact IAD Membership Secretary, Susan Dramin-Weiss, or IAD President, Corey […]
IAD is looking for committee members to serve on the following committees: Bylaws Deaf Youth Family Program Fundraising History/Archives Legislative Senior Citizens Direct Services Adhoc Committee Education Strategy Team Emergency Alert and Accessibility Committee Nursing Home and Ward of State Adhoc Committee IAD is also looking for a Media Chair, Public Relations Director, SWB Editor […]
Do you know what IAD’s top five priorities are for the next two years? Watch President Corey Axelrod’s latest VLOG about the priorities.
HB2657 Signed into Law IAD is very pleased to share HB2657 has been signed into law by Governor Rauner! Thank you to all those who called and wrote the Governor. HB2657 makes several significant changes to the School Code. This legislation will have an impact on the educators at ISD as there are changes concerning a provisional […]
IAD is very pleased to share SB220 has been signed into law by Governor Rauner! With the passing of this bill, all applicants who apply for ISD (Illinois School for the Deaf) and ISVI (Illinois School for the Visually Impaired) teaching positions will only need to submit their applicants to ISD and ISVI directly instead of through […]
