Deaf History Month 2025
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
[{'start': '4.723', 'end': '6.723', 'text': 'This month of April is the month'}, {'start': '6.723', 'end': '14.137', 'text': 'that we reflect on all Deaf people’s achievements.'}, {'start': '14.137', 'end': '19.602', 'text': 'Hello! My name is Linsay Darnall Jr.'}, {'start': '19.602', 'end': '25.837', 'text': 'I am the chair of the National Association of the Deaf-'}, {'start': '25.837', 'end': '30.371', 'text': 'Deaf Culture and History Section (DCHS).'}, {'start': '30.371', 'end': '39.273', 'text': 'We used to celebrate Deaf History Month from mid-March to mid-April.'}, {'start': '39.273', 'end': '46.478', 'text': 'At a NAD conference, A former DCHS chair'}, {'start': '46.478', 'end': '52.122', 'text': 'made a motion at the NAD’s Council of Representatives'}, {'start': '52.122', 'end': '57.127', 'text': 'to change the date to the whole month of April.'}, {'start': '57.127', 'end': '65.298', 'text': 'This is a brief message that since the Deaf History Month is ending,'}, {'start': '65.298', 'end': '69.985', 'text': 'that we don’t have to stop celebrating.'}, {'start': '69.985', 'end': '77.641', 'text': 'We can celebrate all the achievements that we all have done every day'}, {'start': '77.641', 'end': '83.390', 'text': 'for the rest of the year.'}, {'start': '83.390', 'end': '92.130', 'text': 'Together, we must throw off the yoke of oppressing the “can’t do attitude”'}, {'start': '92.130', 'end': '100.184', 'text': 'and use this as an opportunity to show the general society that we can do anything.'}, {'start': '100.184', 'end': '110.064', 'text': 'This August, the NAD will be celebrating our 145th years.'}, {'start': '110.064', 'end': '116.490', 'text': 'That means in five years, NAD will be at its 150th year milestone!'}, {'start': '116.490', 'end': '123.384', 'text': 'That couldn’t be done without people like you.'}, {'start': '123.384', 'end': '129.483', 'text': 'Keep an eye out for our posting and'}, {'start': '129.483', 'end': '136.166', 'text': 'I hope you’ll come back again and visit with us.'}]