ALDA-Sonora / Arizona - Founded 2009
The Association of Late-Deafened Adults
Arizona’s 1st Group
TOP 20 REASONS TO JOIN ALDA (from the ALDA News Fall 2009)
1- Open a door to discovery. 2-Find myself.
3- Find my voice. 4- Find emotional and educational support.
5- Find I am not alone; I am part of a group.
6- Find a community where we all share our experiences, barriers
and coping strategies, and an opportunity to learn from others.
7- Find people who know about what I am going through.
8- Find people who not only know what I am going through but also
what I will be going through down the road.
9- Participate in a level of empathy and shared experiences that support the soul.
10- Find new friends - hard of hearing, deafened, deaf, hearing, locally and internationally.
11- Find a family.
12- Learn more about myself as a late-deafened/hard of hearing person.
13- Connect with personal and accurate information specifically applicable to
my hearing loss.
14- Find new coping skills.
15- Learn how to educate others about hearing loss.
16- Keep up with the technology and advocacy issues that face us.
17- Learn how to advocate for myself and others.
18- Visit places, both geographical and emotional, that I have never visited before
through ALDA's annual conference, ALDAcon, which serves as both a personal
awakening and a "family reunion".
19- Become a "buddy" to a newcomer.
20- Find a purpose and meaning to life.
