NAD Partners with the IRS to Share Important Information
October 31, 2008
Silver Spring, MD -- The National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
announced that it has partnered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make sure important information reaches the deaf community. The IRS produced three pilot videos, "Economic Stimulus Payment Basics", in American Sign Language (ASL) along with an English transcript of the content. These pilot videos are available on the NAD website.
"This is the first time that the IRS has produced Public Service
Announcement (PSA) videos in ASL with an English transcript," said Nancy
J. Bloch, NAD Chief Executive Officer" "We are delighted to bring you
these video clips.
View the Video Clips
Economic Stimulus Payment Basics (three 30 sec clips) American Sign
Language with English transcripts. (http://blogs.nad.org/advocacy/esp/)
Information about the Economic Stimulus Package can be found at:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=177937,00.html
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About the NAD
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in 1880 by
deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to
use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to
have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs
remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value. As
a nonprofit federation, the mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect,
and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf Americans.
The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering the breadth of a
lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of early
intervention, education, employment, health care, technology,
telecommunications, youth leadership, and more. For more information,
please visit www.nad.org.
Posted by Webmaster at October 31, 2008 05:59 PM