DeafDigest Blue - August 8, 2010 Blue Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://www.deafdigest.com - updated every Monday America's Unique Deaf Stories; free subscription serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 14th year (to unsubscribe, please click on unsubscribe link at bottom or go to http://deafdigest.com/ and click on subscribe and follow instructions ) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos: http://deafdigest.com/videos/adaattitude/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deafsociallife/ This week's ASL Videos: http://deafdigest.com/videos/horseriding/ http://deafdigest.com/comics/joblawsuit/ (please click on the arrow to start the video) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Sonic System SS1200C - Now with Free Strobe Receiver Harris Communications is pleased to offer you a great system package from Sonic Alert, available for a limited time only. 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This is the Blue section. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - Hot Newspaper stories during the week: deafness faked in order to get teaching jobs http://deafdigest.com/sanjaypandey/ deaf people are contagious http://deafdigest.com/lauriemousley/ - Very Hot News The Newfoundland School for the Deaf has been closed by the province government. The government issued a statement that said: time has come for change The closing, however, is not sitting too well with many people in the province. They are accusing the province officials of misleading the public as to the reasons for the closing. - Sunday August 1st Tony Abbott, the leader of the Liberal Party in Australia, uttered a remark that upset the Australian Deaf Community. He mocked the movie captioning needs of the deaf. Once the furor broke out, as all politicians would do, Abbott apologized. - Monday August 2nd Author Kenneth Slawenski, not deaf, has come up with a bio on famed reclusive author JD Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye and other stories). What about it? Slawinski thinks that the reason for Salinger's lifelong reclusiveness was because he became deaf, especially after fighting in World War II. - Tuesday August 3rd Despite the increasing airfares, the airliners are constantly broke. In an attempt to get more money off the passengers, the Spirit Airlines is thinking of charging them a fee just to talk to a human being at the ticket counter. Has Spirit CEO Ben Baldanza taken the deaf into consideration when trying to charge them additional "talking" fee. What about "writing fee" for passing notes? - Wednesday August 4th Blaming bad economy, Dering Employment Services, a deaf-owned British employment placement services for the deaf, hard of hearing and the deaf-blind, has closed down. It was a bitter pill for company founder Stephen Dering, as it was in business for only four years. It prospered in the earlier years before hitting the bottom. (Thursday-Saturday Hot Deaf News will be in the Gold edition) ...... Deaf Miscellaneous stuff: Interpreter Workshop Semantics of ASL Expressions for ASL interpreters hosted by: GLAD Los Angeles, CA Saturday September 11, 2010 830 AM - 430 AM for more information, click on: http://deafdigest.com/gladworkshop/ ................................................................ ................................................................ For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com ...... weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com (updated every Monday) ................................................................ ................................................................ ACCESS 4 ALARM CLOCK AND TELEPHONE SIGNALER ON SALE! Don't be late for the first day of school! WCI is here to help with this "timely" August special. Purchase the Access 4 Alarm Clock and Telephone Signaler at 20% off! Great features include a bright flashing LED light, flashing visual alert and extra loud audible alarm. Call us at 1-800-233-9130 (V/TTY) or visit us at: http://www.weitbrecht.com/onsale.php?utm_source=dd for details on this special and all our other products. For a copy of our catalog, email your request to: mailto:sales@weitbrecht.com We're on Facebook! WCI. Your Single Source for Assistive Technology ................................................................ ................................................................ Lifelinks Video Relay speaks your language! Any Language! Over 150 languages available, including: Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Belorussian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Chechen Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Farsi Finnish French Georgian German Greek Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Kazakh Korean Latin Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malay Mongolian Norwegian Pashto Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Swahili Swedish Tagalog Thai Turkish Turkmen Tuvan Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Also, Select your interpreter by gender, preference, previous experience, etc Dial: LLVRS.tv IP address 209.123.87.228 using a P-3 software, VP-100(tm), VP-200(tm) or D-Link(tm) system or Call: 877 744 6111 to be connected with a LifeLinks VRS ASL sign language interpreter for your chosen language. LifeLinks will complete the call and translation at no charge. The easiest way to connect to family, friends, and business: LifeLinks - No Wait VRS Just instruct your hearing caller to say the name of his/her language in English and to have their IP address available. Visit us online at http://www.lifelinks.net Fast, Reliable, Personal ................................................................ ................................................................ THE DEAF CAN RIDE HORSES Can a deaf person ride a horse? Of course, they can. This is a true story. A group of deaf people at a deaf convention wanted to make reservations to ride horses at a country ranch. The reservations clerk told them that they cannot ride horses because of their deafness. These deaf conventioneers were upset and angry about it. The clerk told them that insurance cannot cover them if they fall off the horse and get hurt. It took about an hour of arguing back and forth until the hotel general manager found out about it. The general manager went to the reservations booth and ordered the reservations clerk to allow the deaf to ride horses! - for ASL News version, please click on the arrow at: http://deafdigest.com/videos/horseriding/ (for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition) ................................................................ ................................................................ Come and Join Us at the Largest Deaf Comedyfest! C3 Festival - The Largest Deaf Comedyfest in Midwest Lesterville, MO September 17-19, 2010 http://www.deafinc.org/c3 Make your reservations today! Space Limited! What is C3? C3 stands for Culture, Comedy and Camping. We like to say it in Latin - Humanitascomediacongregatium for the heck of it! The Main Event: The Comedy Show: Friday and Saturday evenings, 8 comedians - from all over the country - have gathered at C3 and will take you on a journey of laughter and deaf culture appreciation! Our All Star line-up consists of Crom Saunders, Richard "FatAss" Layton, Patrick Fischer, Pinky Aiello, Branton Stewart, Trix Bruce, Roger Vass and Justin "Wormy" Callaway. Each of them promised to make you laugh your pants off! What?! More Entertainment!! Friday night, after the comedy show, we'll have our own Fireworks at the river beachfront. Saturday night, after the comedy show, we'll have Neon/Glow-in-the-Dark/Blinking Party! Loads of Daytime Activities!! C3 Festival will have loads of games, activities and workshops all day Friday and Saturday. Things you can do at C3 are swimming, canoeing, tubing, fishing, hiking, scavenger hunts, waterballoon volleyball, watermelon-carving contest, stick-in-hole races and more! Also, we will have vendors and booth exhibitions for your educational and shopping pleasures. Workshops for Everyone! C3 Festival will have workshops for deaf, hard of hearing AND interpreters! Below are some of the workshops: - DEAF Inc. and Empowerment* - What is Deaf Interpreting?* - @#%#&#! How to Interpret Foul Language?* - Har-Har! How to Interpret Comedy Shows?* - Meat and Vegetables ? Which is Healthier? *- MIC CEU Approved, RID CEU Approval Pending There's something for everyone! Come and join everyone on September 17th-19th at Lesterville, MO. Click below to see the latest DEAF Inc News! http://www.deafinc.org/c3 DEAF Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, established by individuals who wish to improve services to deaf and hard of hearing community because they have lived and seen life without those services. 100% of all proceedings, after administrative expenses, go to programs dedicated to deaf and hard of hearing communities. ................................................................ ................................................................ AN EMBARRASSING LAWSUIT This is a true story. A deaf man applied for a job. He did not get the job. He filed a lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against the deaf. It was a long and expensive lawsuit. The company won. The judge told the deaf man that the company did not discriminate against the deaf. Why? Because the company hired another person that was hard of hearing! Yes, it was an embarrassing lawsuit for the deaf man. - for ASL News version, please click on the arrow at: http://deafdigest.com/comics/joblawsuit/ (for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition) MORE ON THE DEAF BOSS AND HEARING EMPLOYEES? Last week's DeafDigest mentioned some hearing employees uncomfortable with a deaf boss. This came in from a subscriber: A deaf person was hired to be the boss because he had a college degree whereas none of the hearing employees were college graduates. The job required use of the telephone all day. For some reason the deaf boss suspected that these hearing employees were "sneaking in" personal calls and were also complaining about having to work for a deaf boss. There was no evidence of that. And these hearing were still getting their work done. Yet, the deaf boss constantly watched them, trying to read their lips. Things got so uncomfortable that the deaf boss quit his job. A HEARING AUTHOR AND THE DEAF CLUB A hearing author is planning to write a new novel that includes a deaf character. To learn more about the deaf, of deafness and of Deaf Culture, that author has been attending social events at a local club for the deaf. The club members gave the hearing author a lot of input in building a "composite" deaf character! ....................................................... ................................................................ Meet and chat with deaf singles and friends worldwide on the largest deaf network on the Internet....Deaf Match International ! 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NEW ENGLAND HOMES FOR THE DEAF HAS A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Emmanuel Ikomi, not deaf, is the new executive director of New England Homes for the Deaf at Danvers, MA. He comes on board with a long list of credentials, both with the deaf and with the hearing. While he is fluent in five languages, he plans to make ASL his 6th language of fluency. WRONG RULING AT WRONG TIME HAS BEEN HAUNTING US When the famous Amy Rowley case wound up in the Supreme Court in 1982, the justices voted to make this issue moot because she was earning high grades in an all-hearing learning environment. The timing was awful. Eight years later we had the ADA. By that time it was too late. And despite the ADA, the Amy Rowley case has been used as the "standard" in all special education issues nowadays. WHAT DO INTERPRETERS HATE? being asked: it must be satisfying to work with the deaf if you have these "hate" or "horror" stories, please mailto:barry@deafdigest.com A HARD OF HEARING PERSON SPEAKS OUT A hard of hearing person sent email to DeafDigest. He said: I am HH but most of my friends are Deaf. I hate when the hearing people ask "Can they read lips?" I ask them "Can you sign?" He is correct. COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series When people have talked to me about the mistakes of captioners or CART providers, one thing some people have not taken into consideration is the speed of the speakers. How fast someone talks can drastically affect the accuracy of realtime translation. When someone is learning steno, after completing the steno theory, the first test a court reporting student takes is usually at 60 words a minute. In order to finish school, most court reporting schools require speeds of 225 per minute or higher. It can take two, three, or more years for a steno student to increase his or her writing speed from 60 to 225 words per minute. After a student has completed school and has passed whatever certification tests are required, that person is now faced with how fast some people actually talk in the "real world." There are people who speak at speeds of 300 words a minute. All court reporters, captioners, and CART providers must continually try to increase their speed on the steno machine, but what people must understand is that the faster someone is speaking, the more mistakes will be made by realtime captioners ................................................................ ................................................................ weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com updated every Monday ................................................................ ................................................................ I THOUGHT THE DEAF COULD....... always use the TTY when communicating with the hearing through the relay very wrong; TTY is pretty much obsolete. Deaf people use web cam device instead with the video relay service. To continue to think that all of us use the TTY is tantamount to still thinking there are still horses and buggies transporting people everywhere in the world. when a hearing person never meets a deaf person in his life his knowledge of the deaf are often wrong ................................................................ ................................................................ For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com for Special Notes, please go to the bottom of the Gold section ................................................................ ................................................................ 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To find out more, please click here and follow instructions on the screen or go to: http://www.weitzlux.com/failed-cochlear-implants_1937570.html ................................................................ ................................................................ Hot DeafNews boring, but important! the Department of Labor is asking us, the deaf, on how to firm up the regulations requiring federal contractors to hire the disabled, the deaf, included. This is an effort to put teeth into the Section 503 of the regulations. ..... The Deaf and the Law: - location San Francisco - case UPS discriminating against deaf and hard of hearing drivers - result case reached settlement - comment settlement agreement was this: if deaf/hard of hearing drivers qualify, they can be trained to drive vehicles less than 10,000 pounds; the training sessions must be free from communication barriers; managers must observe applicants for possible hearing losses ...... The Captioning Blunder of the Week: winning the serious (series) .... News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: The DEAFDIGEST dedicates this week's edition to Ed Carney, Fenwick Island, Delaware who passed away earlier in the week. ECC, as many of us know him, served for many years as a leader and a crusader for the rights of the deaf. Here are few tales we should know about ECC: * was Gallaudet's first "returning war veteran." Him, a deaf man fighting in World War II? Yes, but not in combat but behind factory production lines in Akron, Ohio. He left Gallaudet to take a high paying war plant job. At that time Gallaudet had a policy of permanently barring dropouts from returning to school. ECC fought tooth and nail to get re-admitted - hence the status as Gallaudet's first "war veteran." * was so thrilled about the war ending that he immediately left Akron to seek fortunes elsewhere, even to the point of abandoning his own tools at the factory! * served as the first editor of The NAD Broadcaster when this newspaper was launched in 1979. * held many positions of high responsibility in the deaf community but his last position before he retired was with the National Captioning Institute. Serving as the NCI liaison with the deaf community, he listened to our closed captioning concerns during these early days and prevailed on NCI to act in our best interests. Needless to say when he retired we have lost the best liaison NCI has ever had! He will never be forgotten by all of us. Thank you, Ed. ...... News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The Ebay has put up for sale, an unique poster of SuperGirl which is said to be the only comic book page that includes ASL, TTY and decoder in it. .... Deaf Apocalypse of the Week: There is a high number of Sign Language clubs all over USA. Why is it that in these clubs, a majority of members are hearing? Surely there are many oral deaf that want to learn to sign, or older people that are becoming deaf, and also wish to learn to sign - yet they don't join these sign language clubs! ...... A Lipreading Problem: What did that person say? a hearing Washington Redskins football fan was asking a deaf Washington Redskins football fan: what do you think of Ellsworth? Ellsworth? Who? The Redskins do not have a player named Ellsworth on the roster. Suddenly you realize he was asking you about Albert Haynesworth, the controversial Redskins player, who is not being allowed to practice with the team because of his inability to pass a team conditioning test! if you have lipreading tales, please share these with mailto:barry@deafdigest.com ....... A Vocational Rehabilitation counselor's great news: You receive extra time to finish your foreigin language class, given that you were given an impossible workload at VR in the middle of that class. ....... DeafBook of the Week Step into the Circle by Damara Goff & Sharon Kay Wood AGO Publications 2002 The heartbeat of American Indian, Alaska Native, and First Nations Deaf Communities Harris Communications sells this book: http://referer.us/4/jt0wj DeafDigest editor has many deaf-related book in his private home library. Some books are still in print; some books are out of print. Some books are old; some books are recent. Happy reading ! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- * YOU COULD PLACE YOUR PAID EMPLOYMENT ADS IN THIS SECTION * on a per-subscriber basis, the DeafDigest ad rates are the best in the nation. * For more information, send E-mail to mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Job opening Outreach Coordinator Relay New Mexico Location: Albuquerque, NM Hamilton Relay, Inc. currently has a full time position open for a Relay New Mexico Outreach Coordinator Position summary: This full-time position is responsible for coordinating and implementing outreach activities designed to promote Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and Captioned Telephone Relay Service (CapTel®) for Relay New Mexico. Preferred education, experience and skills: - Excellent presentation skills - Familiarity with the user communities that can benefit from relay services: - Senior Community - Hard of Hearing Community - Speech Disabled - Spanish - Deaf Community - Knowledge of and ability to understand various communication modes used by current and potential relay users - Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people who have differing hearing and speech abilities - Understanding of Deaf Culture - Fluency in American Sign Language is preferred. and fluency in Spanish is benefit - Ability to promote all relay services and to educate/train users of the services - Direct work experience with Telecommunication Relay Service or experience with Captioned Telephone Relay Service is helpful - Experience in public relations activities - Ability to organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines - Strong writing, analytical, and interpersonal skills - Associate's Degree with 2 years experience or a Bachelor's Degree required - Hold a valid driver's license - Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing are encouraged to apply Interested individuals may apply online at: http://www.hamilton.net/employment.html or contact Cindy Blase in Corporate Human Resource Department by August 13, 2010 at 800.821.1831. Hamilton Relay is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. Hamilton Relay, Inc. is a division of Hamilton Telecommunications based in Aurora, NE. Hamilton offers a competitive wage and full time benefits. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Job opening Outreach Coordinator Hamilton Relay, Inc Location: Kentucky Area Hamilton Relay, Inc. currently has a full-time position open for Kentucky Outreach Coordinator Position summary: This full-time position is responsible for coordinating and implementing outreach activities designed to promote Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and Captioned Telephone Relay Service (CapTel®) for Kentucky Relay Services. Preferred education, experience and skills: - Excellent presentation skills - Familiarity with the user communities that can benefit from relay services: - Senior Community - Hard of Hearing Community - Deaf Community - Knowledge of and ability to understand various communication modes used by current and potential relay users - Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people who have differing hearing and speech abilities - Understanding of Deaf Culture - Fluency in American Sign Language is preferred - Ability to promote all relay services and to educate/train users of the services - Direct work experience with Telecommunication Relay Service or experience with Captioned Telephone Relay Service is helpful - Experience in public relations activities - Ability to organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines - Strong writing, analytical, and interpersonal skills - Hold a valid driver's license - Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing are encouraged to apply Interested individuals may apply online at: http://www.hamilton.net/employment.html or contact our corporate Human Resource Dept at 800.821.1831 by August 13, 2010. Hamilton Relay is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. Hamilton Relay, Inc. is a division of Hamilton Telecommunications based in Aurora, NE. Hamilton offers a competitive wage and full time benefits. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Job Announcement Program Manager, Bridgman Home San Diego Youth Services San Diego, CA Status: Full-Time Compensation: $50,000-$53,000/Year + Excellent Benefits Specific Responsibilities: Accountable to Division Director. Responsible for the development and maintenance of quality youth services, including overall supervision of the contracted components. Must participate in Center Development Team (CDT); develop resources that are in line with community needs; and maintain and evaluate quality services that are in contract compliance with funding sources. Expected to supervisor 5 to 8 direct line staff and may carry a minimum caseload. Duties: Program Manager ensures that: 1. Ensure the development, implementation, and evaluation of program(s) that adhere to and uphold the rigorous standards of SDYS as mandated by its mission, purpose, guiding principles and standards of quality. 2. Provide personnel management to include the hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of core staff, interns and volunteers. 3. Coordinate in-service trainings and component meetings for the purpose of training/supervising staff and facilitating communication. 4. Participate in the development of policies and procedures pertaining to personnel. Work with Division Director and SDYS toward the development, management and coordination of component staff and ensure that the component has adequate staffing to provide delivery of services in compliance with contracts. 5. Maintain quality volunteer program in conjunction with Volunteer Services. 6. Liaison with community referral and funding sources to enhance and maintain relationships. Expand community linkages for referral and advocacy. 7. Coordinate and maintain statistical systems for funding sources, contract compliance. Provide necessary reports and statistics to funding sources and monitor quality assurance of services via case file review procedures. 8. Attend and assist in facilitation of weekly staff supervision meetings and participate in appropriate agency-wide committees. 9. Maintain confidentiality and privacy standards of service-partner protected health information and other applicable information and material in accordance to agency and center policies, and applicable regulations and laws including HIPAA. 10. Responsible for service coordination including scheduling, curriculum development, staffing and evaluation. 1. Develop and monitor comprehensive service system including intake, screening, assignment and follow-up. 2. Develop and maintain relationships with local schools, community groups, and community centers. 3. Assist Division Director with ensuring standards of quality to include service partner confidentiality, program philosophy, and SDYS guiding principles. 4. Provide direct services (i.e. group facilitation, tutoring, case management, etc.) as needed to meet contract objectives. 15. Participate in grant development. 1. With Assistance from the Division Director, monitor budget and comply with fiscal policies and procedures. Qualifications: * Demonstrated systems-thinking with three years experience in middle management in residential services. * Fluency in American Sign Language required. * Masters degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology. * Demonstrated experience in staff development, program and community planning, and contract and fiscal management. * Must have knowledge of and competency in deaf culture. * Ability to read and write in English is required. * Experience in counseling youth and families providing assessment, crisis intervention and education. * experience with youth and designing youth leadership systems, preferably in residential settings. * Demonstrated leadership ability, ability to function effectively in stressful situations, sensitivity to direct service perspectives, tolerance of differences, creativity, and sense of humor. * Willing and able to meet background clearances. - Must have valid driver's license with a good driving record. Send resume to: SDYS, attn: BHPM, P.O. Box 80756, San Diego, CA 92138 or fax to (619) 221-8611 or e-mail to mailto:hr@sdyouthservices.org An Equal Opportunity Employer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position opening EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Deaf Adult Services, Inc Buffalo, NY Qualifications: BA/BS in Business/Non-Profit Administration or Human Services or equivalent with a minimum of five years management experience required or Masters Degree in Business/Non Profit Administration with a minimum of three years management experience. Proven experience with fundraising, grant writing, marketing, budget and financial management strongly desired. Thorough knowledge of Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Hearing cultures required as well as Sign Language proficiency. Strong people skills, diplomacy and public speaking abilities are necessary. DAS encourages qualified applicants with Deaf culture and ASL experience to apply. Buffalo, NY/Western NY offers a vibrant Deaf community with affordable living, access to arts and culture, sporting venues, lakefront activities and continuing education opportunities. Salary: $45-60K DOE/E and excellent benefits package. Relocation funds may be available dependent on candidate selection. Deaf Adult Services, Inc. of Buffalo, NY is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Application, ASL v-log and full job description can be downloaded at http://www.wnydas.org Please send cover letter and resume with completed application to: Deaf Adult Services, Inc. Attn: Executive Director Search Committee, 2495 Main St. Suite 446, Buffalo, NY 14214 or e-mail to mailto:EDSEARCH@wnydas.org by Monday, August 16, 2010 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- (updated August 8th) - EXCITING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT GLAD !! - - Outreach Coordinator - Bakersfield, CA - Placement Coordinator - Santa Ana, CA - Community Health Educator - Los Angeles, CA - Case Manager - Los Angeles, CA - Job Developer/Interpreter - Anaheim, CA To learn more about the above positions at GLAD, please go to our website: http://www.gladinc.org If interested for any of these positions then please submit resume and application to: Jeff Fetterman Human Resources Specialist Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. 2222 Laverna Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90041 V/TDD: (323) 550-4207 Fax #: (323) 550-4204 E-mail: mailto:jfetterman@gladinc.org