Technology = Accessibility: Here’s a new twist on 12-step meetings. Deaf Off Drugs and Alcohol (DODA) is now offering meetings for Deaf folks via webcam. If anyone is interested in checking out this option, we’ve posted DODA’s flyer below. We’d love to hear back about personal experiences with this exciting new option for support.

DODA Announcement:

Deaf?

Have a problem with drugs or alcohol?

Want signed 12 step & support meetings?

Deaf Off Drugs and Alcohol offers Deaf 12 Step & support meetings led by Deaf facilitators.

All you need is a computer with a web-cam,
high-speed internet and an email account.

If interested, for more information, contact Mandie Roseberry:
(866) 326-4761 vp
(937) 222-2400 ext 239 v
amanda.roseberry@wright.edu

New Deaf Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Group:

Many Deaf people find it difficult, if not impossible, to find an accessible Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group they can attend for support and encouragement when dealing with alcohol issues. Even if a mostly hearing group provides an interpreter for meetings, the varying quality and consistency of interpreted meetings can be discouraging. Good news for Frederick, Maryland folks who are looking for an AA group – a new group is forming this month. See more information below. For those of you who live in other cities and states, please send in your local Deaf AA group information in the comments section. We’d love to know where other Deaf, and even interpreted, AA groups are being held.

Deaf AA Group
Frederick, Maryland

March 20, 2009
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Community Service for the Deaf (CSD)
425 Prospect Blvd
Frederick, MD 21701

For more information, email Jackie Kanekuni at jkanekuni@c-s-d.org