Deaf AIDS Core slides and ephemera

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RITDSA-0043

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Deaf AIDS Core slides (24 slides) include information on transmission, prevention, infection, testing, the blood supply, and social issues related to HIV/AIDS. Additional ephemera added in 2014 which includes the Deaf AIDS Core mission statement, contact information, along with contact information for other help lines for the deaf.

Dates

Creation: circa 1995

Creator

Deaf AIDS Core (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

The Deaf AIDS Core (DAC) was a grassroots organization in Rochester, New York. Made up of NTID faculty and community members, the group was active in the mid-1990s. DAC served as a consultant to the American Red Cross in designing visual materials for use in HIV/AIDS education with Deaf community members with low literacy skills.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (2 folders in 1 legal size document box)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

24 slides of educational material related to HIV/AIDS education designed for the Deaf, and one flyer.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number(s): 09:83

Deaf AIDS Core slides were donated to the Deaf Studies Archive by Patti Durr in 2009. Durr served in the group and is a faculty member at National Institute for the Deaf.