25 years ago Elaine Ducharme, Deafblind became very frustrated with the system here in the state of Connecticut, and also knew that there were several isolated, lonely deafblind individuals seeking social functions of their own, etc. She decided to establish DeafBlind Association of Connecticut to meet the needs of deafblind friends. She is well known for outspeaking for deafblind persons, and giving training out in the society about deafblindness. Due to no job available to her in Connecticut, she moved to Boston to operate the DeafBlind Contact Center. She is our big loss! DBAC Board is thrilled to invite Elaine to be the guest speaker at the 25th anniversary celebration. To find more details about this function, click the flier dbac 25th year celebration 5 5 2012
On January 24, 2012 Governor Malloy greeted the parents, deaf leaders and supporters of deaf and hard of hearing children at his mansion. This function, “Deaf Child Bill of Rights Initiative in Connecticut” proposed by the CT Coalition for the Education of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children was sponsored by HEAR Here Hartford Chapter, HL...
James Leland Jespersen of Boulder died of a heart attack in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on Nov. 24 while visiting a friend. Jespersen, 77, a co-inventor of closed captioning for the hearing impaired, won an Emmy Award for his work in 1980 and was honored at the White House. He worked as a physicist ... ...
BRS and CDHI will be doing two “Introduction to the Bureau or Rehabilitation Services and Commissions on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired” workshops in the western part of CT. One workshop will be on February 28, 2012 from 10 am-12 pm at the Waterbury BRS and the other workshop will be on April 12, 2011 from 10 ... ...
Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 named Connecticut social-services veteran Amy Porter as the director of the newly merged state Bureau of Rehabilitative Services. The agency was formed last year consolidation from the consolidation of the Department of Social Services (DSS) Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, the State Board o...
On behalf of CCOSD, we would like to know how you feel about that… or do you want to continue the green envelopes that Connecticut Police Chiefs created for you, deaf drivers to show your insurance card, driver’s license along the green envelope including car registration, car insurance and other important materials to police when ... ...
If you are interested in applying for these devices such as ipad, pager, etc, you might be eligible to pay low cost. Communication Advocacy Network (CAN) is hosting this informational meeting on January 27. To learn more information, click 2012 CAN ProjectE_AppPartyHartfordCT (2) ...
Please help fill out the survey. The theatre managers would be interested in your comments so they could decide which type of captioning you prefer to watch the movies. Thank you. Connecticut Association of the Deaf has been very active in advocacing for the open captions in any films shown at the theatres with the Office of ... ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2012 CM Boryslawskyj, Communication Advocacy Network, Chair Contact: PH: 866.225.0312 Email: info@cancorp.org Web:www.cancorp.org Hartford,Connecticut– Communication Advocacy Network is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000...
From: White House Disability Group info@messages.whitehouse.gov> The White House Monday, January 9, 2011 Hello everyone, We’re once again resuming our monthly disability calls. In order to help keep you more informed, we host these monthly calls to update you on various disability issues as well as to introduce you...
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