Day 6 Goal: Join/pursue hearing loss disability-related support (ALDA, HLAA, etc)
SMART Goal Details:

Specific: I want to be aware of current issues/progress re: hearing impairment and disability rights in general.

Measurable: Yes. This will be achieved when I have determined what is necessary to join ALDA and SHHH, either joined or decided not to do so, put info re: conferences in my perpetual calendar and on my Google calendar, bookmarked their websites, added periodic review of those sites to my RTM, fully reviewed what is available through ALDA and SHHH online, and identified a larger (not hearing-specific) organization to check out.

Achievable: Yes.

Realistic: The obstacle to joining is money. It would be good to know exactly how much money and what resources are available without joining (e.g. websites).

Timely: There isn’t a time-sensitive aspect of this goal, however, membership in SHHH would tie-in with freelance work (so sooner is better).

Steps:
Locate website for ALDA.
Determine what is necessary to join ALDA.
Decide whether to join ALDA.
Add ALDA conference info to perpetual calendar.
Add ALDA conference to Google calendar.
Bookmark ALDA site.
Fully review what’s available on ALDA site.
Add periodic review of ALDA site to RTM.

Locate website for SHHH/HLAA.
Determine what is necessary to join SHHH.
Decide whether to join SHHH.
Add SHHH conference info to perpetual calendar.
Add SHHH conference to Google calendar.
Bookmark SHHH site.
Fully review what’s available on SHHH site.
Add periodic review of SHHH site to RTM.

Identify a larger disability rights org (not hearing-specific) to research more and consider joining.

Next steps:
Identify ALDA website
Bookmark ALDA website
Identify SHHH/HLAA website
Bookmark SHHH/HLAA website