At Chicago NAD Conference

Alex: Hello from Chicago! I’m at the NAD Conference. Tuesday night is the opening ceremony. I will cover that. Today (Monday) was still pretty busy. There was a Council of Representatives meeting. It consisted of different delegates from various state associations of the Deaf and NAD affiliate organizations. 

I entered the COR and saw the NAD President Jenny Buechner leading the meeting. I also saw the NAD Interim CEO Bobbie Beth Scoggins. There are also two different organizations here that are not directly a part of NAD but is working closely with them — the NASADHH, which is made up of various states’ government organizations that serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. They had a meeting yesterday and today. The other is the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). Their board flew all over from the world to be here this week. 

As I walked around, of course, it was hard for me to get through the hotel lobby. Because I was bumping into people and catching up on where we’ve been all those years. It took me two hours to walk through. 

Here’s another Deaf Bing. 

(Alex is in an elevator lobby). Of course, Deaf Bing is when I have to look around the elevators to see which one has a light on. I have to turn my head around like an owl. 

Tomorrow, Tuesday, I will go to several workshops, see a few presentations, and check out different exhibitors. I will share in tomorrow’s update. That’s all for today at the NAD Conference in Chicago.