– Serbian government playing a joke on the deaf?

Will Serbian Sign Language be approved by the government?
Well, it all depends on public debate about it that the
government will host. Invited to the debate are deaf
organizations. But there is one rule. The organizations
must confirm their participation by using voice telephone.
Relay service? There is none in Serbia. Is the government
playing a joke on the deaf?

– Hearing mother and deaf daughter at a job interview

A deaf woman looked very hard for a job – but had no luck.
No one wanted to hire her because of her deafness. She
finally found a job when she brought her mother with her
for a job interview. The company hired the deaf daughter
because the hearing mother helped with the answers at the
job interview. Hard to believe? Well, L.Oréal, the world’s
most famous beauty products company, hired the deaf woman
to work in the company accounting office.

– A deaf man enters a TV reality show

Sam Evans, who is deaf, and is a Deaflympics athlete, and is
employed in a store, is entering a TV reality show. It is
the Big Brother house, a popular program in Great Britain.
It is about a “fraternity” house with immature young men
that joke around and are irresponsible about many things.
Many people like him and think he will win the Big Brother
contest! Sam, who has no girl friend, loves to party and
have a good time. He is worried that other contestants
will make fun of his deafness!

06/16/13 Blue edition at:
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06/16/13 Gold edition at:
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– a deaf medical student needed 4 interpreters

Megan Jack, a deaf student at University of Manitoba
medical school, needed 4 interpreters. The school only
had one interpreter that understood medical words. What
did she do? She postponed for one year her entrance
into medical school so that 3 other interpreters can be
taught these medical words in advance of her admission!

– 90 percent of CART captioning students drop out!

We watch TV programs that are live-captioned. We do not
realize it is very difficult for CART school students to
pass their courses; a CART captioner told DeafDigest
editor that approximately 90 percent of these CART school
students drop out. They did not realize how much work
it requires to become a good captioner.

– Something about The Switched at Birth we didn’t know

When there is a new TV program, the producers hope it
will become popular. Many new programs fail and then flop.
The producers at ABC Family gambled with The Switched at
Birth program, unsure if the hearing people will like it
or not. Everyone was surprised when The Switched at Birth
became one of the most popular TV programs in recent history.

06/09/13 Blue edition at:
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– Deaf Bikers’ cross country tour of USA

Approximately 60 deaf bikers and 15 riders will be touring
USA on their motorcycles. The group will travel across New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California.
Some will ride coast to coast; some will ride part of the route.
An outlaw deaf biker group? No way! They are respectable deaf
citizens with good jobs and good reputations. They just love
their bikes and love to travel.

– Many people angry at wrong school district because of name-sign

DeafDigest mentioned few months ago that Hunter Spanjer, Grand Island,
NE, is a 3-year old deaf child. The Grand Island School District (NE)
tried to force him to change his name-sign because it was a sign for a
gun. Many people in USA got angry and sent emails, made phone calls
and some threatened the wrong  NY school district with violence.
The Nebraska school district and the New York school district both
share the same name – Grand Island School District, confusing the
angry people.

– Barber Shop Club of the Deaf!

Deaf club in a barber shop? Not joking. In 1939, a group of young
deaf people wanted to form a deaf club. The deaf owner of a barber
shop invited the club to use the room behind the shop. Over the
years, this Barber Shop Club became the Buffalo Club of the Deaf.
This club is still active with events every month at different location.

06/09/13 Blue edition at:
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06/09/13 Gold edition at:
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– Why police delays with some deaf text 911 emergency calls?

A big reason for some police delays in responding to deaf 911 emergency
calls is that it takes as much as 17 minutes to collect information
from the deaf. For the hearing it may take between two and five minutes!

– Attitude by hearing towards deaf worse now than past?

Steven King, not deaf, is the Director of Durham University Centre
for Medical Studies (Great Britain). He said hearing people treated
deaf better in past than today. He explained that there were more
disabled people in the past than now. In the past hearing people
were so used to many disabled people around and treated them
better. DeafDigest finds it surprising and hard to believe!

– A deaf bus driver stopped by the police

Sund Ogunola, a deaf bus driver, was stopped by the police
on a traffic violation – he was driving the bus in the
lane that was not reserved for buses. The police was shocked
to find out he was deaf and been driving a bus for 14 years
without a license. Even the passengers did not know he was deaf.
It happened in Lagos, Nigeria.

06/09/13 Blue edition at:
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06/09/13 Gold edition at:
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