The mission of the SDAD is to preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human and the linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in South Dakota. Furthermore, to furnish advocacy, aid and resources by all possible means to deaf and hard of hearing citizens of South Dakota and to encourage cooperation among all diverse organizations of deaf and hard of hearing citizens in the said State.

Mark Koterwski and Lance Sigdestad as delegates, attended the 2026 NAD convention in San Francisco, CA. The NAD Convention which run from June 30th through July 5th.

Regional II, which covers the Midwestern states and meets monthly on Zoom, is now at the conference. The states that represent Regional II are: Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.