Campaign for the Inclusion of People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Deaf and hard of hearing Ontarians have been abandoned by the very taxpayer-funded organization that is supposed to empower us the Canadian Hearing Society. Understand this we won’t go away! We won’t be silenced! We won’t be shut out! Join our fight today: https://www.gofundme.com/IanKeith

With 2019 around the corner, CIDHH commits to continuing our work to ensure that people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, their families and others, are fully included in the management, governance, and decision-making process of the CHS. We wish you a very happy holidays and thank you for standing with us!

For reasons that remain unclear, the CHS is becoming increasingly undemocratic, serving the interests of a privileged few, rather than the half a million members of the Deaf and hard of hearing community in Ontario. The unjust and unexplained action from the CHS has left many in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in Ontario wondering where to go for support for their children and family members who depend on the CHS for guidance. Help the CIDHH take all possible action...s to ensure CHS reverses its decision and once again returns to transparent governance, partnership with the community and accountability to taxpayers. www.cidhh.com

The CHS is an organization that receives substantial taxpayer funding from multiple Ontario ministries totaling approximately $22 million in 2017. The CIDHH finds the CHS be unaccountable, unjust and aggressively moving to shut out the Deaf and hard of hearing community inappropriate and inexplicable.

Two of our friends took a stand for the Deaf and hard of hearing community by filing legal claims against the CHS for shutting out our already marginalized community. Now they need our help. They are being unfairly targeted by CHS for standing up. ... We ask that you donate what you can, help those who have been fighting to help us: www.gofundme.com/iankeith

For 77 years, CHS has been a thriving, diverse organization, advocating for and representing the needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community sadly this has all come to an end. Approximately 530,000 Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals across Ontario have been stripped of their representation at the organization that is mandated to serve them. Learn more at www.cidhh.com

The courts have not endorsed the oppressive behaviour of the CHS. A judge simply ruled that CIDHH as an organization cannot act as a complainant. The fight to stand up for the Deaf and hard of hearing community continues. In an act of mean-spiritedness, CHS is seeking legal fees from the two individual applicants members of our community who have stepped up to fight for our rights. Help support those who aimed to support you: www.gofundme.com/iankeith

There are lots of myths going on in the community about CIDHH, we want you to learn the truth about us and our work on your behalf... Learn the truth about CIDHH by visiting....https://cidhh.com/news-updates/

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ontarians Disenfranchised but will not be discouraged...

The Toronto Sun published a guest column today, about the removal of annual and lifetime memberships at the Canadian Hearing Society. http://torontosun.com//guest-column-when-deafness-becomes- The Campaign for the Inclusion of People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing is working hard on behalf of the deaf and hard of hearing community to ensure that membership is reinstated and the days of accountability and transparency are restored to the Canadian Hearing Society. Help support CIDHH today by making a donation at www.gofundme.com/CIDHH

The Daily Moth reports on the Campaign for the Inclusion of People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing legal challenge on behalf of the Deaf and hard of hearing community against the Canadian Hearing Society. https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyMoth/videos/806970226171546/ Note: CIDHH does not own the rights to this video and unable to caption it, the transcript for this vlog follows in the comment section of the video.

Looks like an awesome event to help shape the shopping my experience of people who are Deaf and hard of hearing. https://www.facebook.com/events/2262623777297411/?ti=icl

Happy Holidays from all of us at CIDHH!

Support CIDHH today, to ensure that together, we return CHS to its roots of transparency, accountability and good governance.

Did you see this post from Globe and Mail's Andre Picard: https://twitter.com/picardonheal/status/935994037101846528

This #GivingTuesday, give to CIDHH to ensure an equal playing field for people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing! Let’s stand for inclusion not exclusion!!! www.gofundme.com/CIDHH

CIDHH launches legal action against taxpayer-funded Canadian Hearing Society.