WHO WE ARE

The Portland Deaf Access Committee (PDAC) is a group of AA members who work together to help make AA in the Portland Metro Area accessible to Deaf and Hard of Hearing alcoholics. We follow the 12 Traditions of AA and are not affiliated with any other organization. Our primary purpose is to support AA groups and members in carrying the message to Deaf and Hard of Hearing alcoholics. Our work is in keeping with the guidelines from the General Service Office (GSO).

WHAT WE DO

We help AA groups carry the message to the Deaf alcoholic who still suffers. We do this by hiring professional sign language interpreters for your meeting and paying those interpreters for their service. We make sure that the interpreters who work for you are skilled, familiar with AA, and committed to anonymity.

We maintain a list of Deaf members available to speak at or chair your meeting. When you request a Deaf speaker we can also send an interpreter for your meeting.

We maintain a list of people willing to be sponsors to Deaf alcoholics.

HOW WE DO IT

We are the liaison between Deaf AA members and AA groups.  PDAC pays for interpreters by accepting donations from AA groups, districts and individual AA members. In keeping with the traditions we have no other affiliation and accept no outside contributions.