Get Informed – Learn About ADA and Your Communication Rights
Join us for an informative presentation on what you need to know about the ADA and your communication rights.
Title: Know Your Rights: Communication Access Under ADA
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
Time: 10-11 a.m. PT
Where: On Zoom (Free)
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Join our next chapter presentation with Ann Thomas. Ann, who is an award-winning advocate, will provide an overview of disability access for people with hearing loss. Hearing loss is a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and numerous other federal and state laws, some of which are more stringent than the ADA. Join us and learn about your rights to communication access, what auxiliary aids and services are, and how to ask for them.
There will be Q&A afterwards, so please plan to attend and share this event with others who might benefit.
Presenter:
Ann Thomas
Ann Thomas is a dynamic, award-winning advocate for people with hearing loss and wears many hats in the hearing loss community; among them is HLAA Brand Ambassador, HLAA Northern California Chapter Coordinator, HLAA Diablo Valley Chapter President, and co-author of Get in the Hearing Loop Advocacy Guide and Toolkit Handbook.
She began losing her hearing in her late forties and today has two very successful Advanced Bionics cochlear implants.
A lover of technology and new things, she constantly pushes the boundaries of what is possible and tinkers with hearing assistive technology. Her favorite assistive listening system is a hearing loop.
Ms. Thomas lives in Alamo, CA, with her husband. She graduated from the University of San Francisco with a BS in Organizational Behavior/Development. She has owned a computer consulting business, The MacOracle. She has extensive international experience gained from living, traveling, and working abroad.