Advocacy – Page 62 – Delaware Association of the Deaf (DAD)

September 6, 2022

HLADE fall CIRCLE CHATS begin!

do you Know someone with a hearing loss?

know someone is a caregiver of someone with a hearing loss?

are you a professional and want to know more about hearing issues?

have a question?

come join our in-person circle chats!

The Hearing Loss Association of Delaware (HLADE) welcomes you to the New Castle County and Kent/Sussex County Monthly Circle Chats!

Topic for Circle Chats: Over-the Counter Hearing Aids, PLUS News You Can Use!”

New Castle County Circle Chat!

Thursday, September 8^th, 2022 at 10am

Note: Our thanks to the Newark Senior Center for making our Meeting Room hearing accessible with a hearing loop!!!! J

NCC Meets the 2nd Thursday of every month from 10-11:30am at the Newark Senior Center, 200 Whitechapel Rd, Newark, DE 19711 (Ph) 302-737-2336

Kent/Sussex County Circle Chat!

Tuesday, September 6^th at 1:00pm

Meets the 1^st Tuesday of the month from 1:00-2:00pm at the Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Avenue, Dover, Delaware 19904 Ph: (302)734-1200

We look forward to welcoming you & thanks for your support! Bring a friend! J

Connect with us!

Hearing Loss Association of Delaware (HLADE)

“We give help and hope to deaf and hard of hearing children and adults”

Email: https://www.hlade.org or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1029205117128689/

HLADE CIRCLE CHAT MEETING NOTICE GENERAL 2022 09 04 (PDF Format)

September 1, 2022

Ad of the Day: Cadbury Fingers encourages us all to learn some sign language

Cadbury Fingers has partnered with the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) for the latest chapter in its ‘For Fingers Big and Small’ campaign.

‘Sign with Fingers Big and Small’ hopes to encourage us all to learn some British Sign Language (BSL) to help deaf people feel more included. In the short film, viewers see a young girl telling the camera in BSL that she often feels excluded from conversations due to being deaf. To highlight this, some of the subtitled words on the screen are covered, which emphasizes the girl’s frustrations and feelings of isolation.

Cadbury Fingers worked alongside Rebecca A Withey, a deaf writer and consultant, and a panel made up of people from across the deaf community to inform the project. The 30-second ad was influenced by ‘Dinner Table Syndrome’ – a phenomenon where deaf people are inadvertently left out of shared everyday conversations.

Source – https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/08/30/ad-the-day-cadbury-fingers-encourages-us-all-learn-some-sign-language.

More information at https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/cadbury-uses-its-chocolate-fingers-to-encourage-people-to-take-up-sign-language/# and the actual project here – https://signwithfingers.cadbury.co.uk.

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

A school counselor once told deaf woman she couldn’t be a hairstylist. Now, she manages a salon in Forsyth County.

Susan Perdue, Great Clips salon manager - photo by Sabrina Kerns

A school counselor once told Susan Perdue that she “could never be a hairstylist” because she is deaf.

But the now wife and mother of two decided to follow her dream anyway. Today, she is the salon manager of the Great Clips on Freedom Parkway in Cumming, working as the sole deaf leader for a company employing more than 40,000 stylists across the United States.

Perdue said she has always loved the company. She and her family always went to a Great Clips salon to get haircuts when she was a child, and she remembers how much she loved talking with the staff and the joy of walking away with a fresh hairdo.

“That was what really made me want to become a hairstylist,” Perdue said.

Read on at https://www.forsythnews.com/life/people/a-school-counselor-once-told-deaf-woman-she-couldnt-be-a-hairstylist-now-she-manages-a-salon-in-forsyth-county.