Mission
The Florida Association of the Deaf, Inc. (FAD) is affiliated with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and pursues several core objectives:
Protect education
To promote and safeguard the educational system for self-preservation.
Raise awareness
To promote awareness of communication difficulties and methods.
Promote devices
To promote the use of communication devices.
Promote safety signals
To promote the use of protective signaling devices (smoke detectors, alarms, and others).
Watch legislation
To serve as a watchdog of legislation or practices that may affect Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened individuals.
Support organizations
To support, with reason, all phases of various organizations and associations working with and for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened individuals.
Support local clubs
To support fully the affiliated clubs and Associations of the Deaf in Florida in their efforts to bring about greater civic and social interaction of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened community.
History
FAD is a hundred and nine years old and affiliated with the National Association of the Deaf. Forty-nine Biennial conferences have happened since 1917; the fiftieth is next.
A fuller written history — founding chapter, past conferences, the people who built this — is being assembled from FAD’s own records. What’s certain: the organization has run continuously since 1917, through two world wars and every hurricane since, and the fiftieth Biennial in October 2027 carries that record forward.
Bylaws
Adopted during the 2026 FAD Conference in Kissimmee, Florida.
Name
1.1 Name. The name of the organization shall be the Florida Association of the Deaf, hereafter referred to as the Association.