Posts published in August 2015

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 31, 2015 morning

— the case of deaf child gets murky in India and Pakistan

DeafDigest has mentioned the case of a deaf child from
India and strayed across the Pakistan border and held
there for 14 years before being “returned” to her parents
in India. “Returned”? The case has twists and is getting
murky. Many families are claiming Geeta as their rightful
lost daughter, even some deaf families! And Pakistan
is conducting a court hearing to find out why an agency
has held her for 14 years without trying to locate her
rightful parents in India. And the deaf girl has been
looking at pictures of all “rightful” families and
saying she does not know them!

 
— some Netflix subtitles are being blocked

we have always complained for years that TV captions
block the TV scores of football games or basketball
games. And these captioned people are saying there
was nothing they could do about it. Well, what about
Netflix. The subtitles (and some captions) are being
blocked by the bars at the bottom which show time
remaining and of the volume control. One must use
tricks with the mouse to remove these bars in order
to clearly watch the subtitles and captions!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 30, 2015 morning

— a rare deaf petition win

most deaf petitions do not win, no matter how many
signatures have been signed. These petitions are often
laughed off and ignored. But one deaf petition did win.
The Los Angeles Unified School District wanted to close
the ASL program at the North Valley Occupational Center.
Nearly 60,000 signatures kept the program open!

— a nasty hearing attitude about deaf web cam equipment

A deaf employee wanted a deaf web cam equipment at her
desk so that she can make video relay calls. Her request
was turned down; her supervisor said:

We have provided TTY for employees to use; we will not
accept deaf web cam equipment.

It didn’t matter to the hearing supervisor that the
TTY is obsolete, and no one really uses it.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 28, 2015 morning

— winner of 2019 Deaf Seniors of America convention hostship

2015 Deaf Seniors of America convention at Asheville, NC
has ended. Next one up is Houston, TX in 2017. The
rights to host the 2019 convention is Seattle, WA

— a doctor told a deaf person he cannot read or write

Brian Moroney, who was quite hyperactive as a deaf kid,
was told by his doctor that he cannot read or write
while growing up. What happened? At the age of 22, he
just graduated from University of Limerick (Ireland),
with a major in Mobile Communications and Security.
DeafDigest hopes he will find a job in the computer
security field – not easy for any deaf to find any
job in Ireland!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 28, 2015

— newest picture of a deaf pizza place

The Mozzeria, owned by Melody and Russell Stein,
was honored when its Peking Duck pizza was rated
as one of the 10 best pizzas in the Bay Area by
the Zagat. If you are in the Bay Area, do make
it a point to sample one of these Mozzeria’s finests!
Anyway, a new picture of this pizzeria is at:

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— fear among a few deaf Uber drivers

As DeafDigest has pointed out, Uber is hiring
more deaf drivers. These drivers have a fear –
dealing with angry taxi drivers. This is why
when they are off-duty, they just don’t tell
people they are Uber drivers!

 
— opportunity to interview Gallaudet presidential finalists

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 28, 2015 morning

— no more Derrick Coleman

Is Derrick Coleman in danger of being cut by the
Seattle Seahawks? A recent Seattle Seahawks blog said:

At the fullback position, Derrick Coleman and Will Tukuafu are likely
battling for one roster spot. Both have played well for the Seahawks in
the past, although Tukuafu could have the advantage due to his ability to
play some other positions.

 
— best deaf role in a movie

A movie blog said the best deaf character in a movie
was Psych-Out, filmed in 1968. Susan Strasberg played
a 17-year old deaf run away who constantly gets into
trouble and problems for people around her. While
it was 1968, DeafDigest wished it was a real deaf
actress playing a deaf role.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 27, 2015

— using SSL, not using ASL

What is SSL? Survival Sign Language, used by
clerks, police officers, firemen, nurses, and
others that have limited contact with the deaf.
SSL consists of simple signs such as hi, thank you,
good morning, welcome, etc. A SSL course is being
taught at Valdosta State University in Georgia.

— interpreter not showing up

DeafDigest editor had an appointment with a
doctor in a hospital clinic. An interpreter was
requested, but never showed up. That hospital
did not have a VRI. What to do? Sue the hospital?
Reschedule the appointment several weeks later?
Rely on lipreading? Use a note pad? The editor
asked the doctor to write notes, and fortunately
she explained things clearly with notes. The
hospital, however, promised interpreters with
follow up appointments. Of course, there are deaf
patients that prefer live interpreting. Each
person has own choice.

 
— these complaining models

Nyle DiMarco, slated to compete in reality TV’s
America’s Next Top Model show, said that
hearing models complain a lot about one thing –
the appearance of their hair! Does Kyle
complain about his deafness, while trying
to mingle with these models? No.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 27, 2015 morning

— a small town may be ideal for deaf senior citizens

Morganton, NC qualifies as a small town, having 17,000
residents. Approximately 100 deaf senior citizens
toured the Alder Springs Deaf and Blind Community
located in Morganton, to see for themselves if the
town and the facility meets their needs. And
the Morganton city officials pitched the values of
small town life with them. Said one deaf senior
citizen – I love to hike, and I found this place.

— a deaf-blind machine operator

Outlook Nebraska is a paper-production company
in Omaha, Nebraska. It has a big contract with
the United States Armed Forces. And one of
the machine operators at the factory is
deaf-blind. With his very limited vision,
he is able to use the iPad to communicate
with his fellow employees.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 26, 2015

— Netflx wrong on claim of 100 percent captions

DeafDigest editor was watching a Netflix foreign
movie – A Five Star Life. It was supposed to be
100 percent subtitled. These subtitles were fine
until an important scene came up in Berlin, Germany
was shown. It was NOT subtitled. But when the
scene ended, and a new scene came up, the
subtitles came back! Why?

— a terrible VRI nightmare in Kentucky

A deaf woman, accompanied by her deaf husband,
was rushed to a hospital emergency room in
Danville, KY. The hospital immediately turned
on the VRI – but it was a nightmare. Because of
pain, the woman could not communicate with her
hands. Her husband had to interpret for her.
As a result, it was a 4-way interpreting
situation – wife, husband, doctor, interpreter.
Not forgetting this incident, a group of deaf
people protested the bad interpreting situation
with the Boyle County Human Rights Commission!

— 8-year wait ends as deaf daughter meets her hearing mother

DeafDigest has mentioned several times in the past
that Canada would not allow a deaf girl, from the
Philippines, become an immigrant. Her mother was
working in Canada and wanted to have her deaf
daughter move in with her. Canada felt that the
deaf girl would live off welfare and become a
tax payer burden. The nation screamed and the
government backed down. This deaf girl, after
a 8-year wait, finally arrived in Canada
yesterday. She is already enrolled at a school
for the deaf.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 26, 2015 morning

— attendance at the Deaf Seniors of America National Convention

The DSA is strong and thriving. It rebounded in Baltimore
in 2013 two years after the cancelled convention in
Chicago. Now, at Asheville, NC newspapers are saying over
1,200 deaf seniors are in attendance.

 
— a silly complaint with the police

Portsmouth, NH police ran a log one day. It said that
a hearing woman was yelling for help in getting herself
out of bed. She was yelling because her husband was deaf!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 25, 2015

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— a picture of Grateful Deaf logo

Grateful Deaf is a Deaf Beer outfit operated by
Ken Fisher, the nation’s master deaf beer brewer.
He takes annual beer-making tours of Europe to
learn from European’s best beer brewers, and
at the same time allow Europeans to drink
the best deaf beer, ever! Here is the latest
picture of the Grateful Deaf logo

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— blood plasma company ordered to install alerting device for deaf

Kelly Osborne applied for a job as a blood plasma center
and was turned down because of her deafness. The company
felt working with blood from donors and separating them
into plasmas, and returning red cells to the donor, is
“too dangerous” for a deaf person. Reason is that these
machines have alarms that warn hearing workers that
something is wrong. She filed a lawsuit and won; the
judge in Cheyenne, WY ordered the company to install
alerting devices for her!

 
— Deaf Protest at White House

A group of deaf people is planning a Deaf Protest at
the White House on September 5th & 6th. What is
the protest all about – no employment opportunities,
discrimination issues, violation of civil rights
and langauge barrier issues. Who is organizing
the protest? No one is saying anything, yet!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 25, 2015 morning

— deaf man in his 50th season as football coach

Head coaches of all sports normally do not last 50
years, especially 47 years at one school, but
we have one coach still at it for that so many years.
It is Gary Klingensmith, who is profoundly deaf.
He is now into his 47th season as head coach at
Juniata High School, Mifflintown, PA. He retired
as a teacher several years ago. Previously he
coached three seasons at Gallaudet, so adding
47 plus 3 equals 50 seasons!

 
— White House opposites attract

President Calvin Coolidge, the US president
(1923-1929), has a very strong deaf connection,
through his wife Grace. While he was dating
her she was a teacher at Clarke School
for the Deaf. They were exact opposites of
each other. Calvin was a cold person who
did not smile and was unfriendly. Grace was
a warm woman that loved people, especially
the deaf!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 24, 2015

— a new Gallaudet look

Gallaudet has a new look. The magic words are: Connect. Discover. Influence.

This is not all. The Gallaudet web site and Gallaudet material are
both being redesigned. Why? To reflect today’s bilingual community
and worldwide trends.

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— NASCAR not deaf-friendly

NASCAR not deaf-friendly? There is a deaf NASCAR Fan Club.
About 55 members attended the big race at Bristol
Motor Speedway,coming from all parts of USA and Canada.
The difference is that they can’t hear the engine noise,
chatter from the fans, public announcements, get
updates on accidents and yellow flags. Scanners are
useless to them. Still, they love races and get together
once a year at rotating tracks. Will NASCAR listen to
them? Probably when we have our first deaf NASCAR driver
and he makes captioning demands on behalf of his deaf fans!

 
— interpreter shows up for nothing

DeafDigest mentioned that a deaf man, summoned to the
court, 80 miles from his home, showed up twice
but interpreter never did. And the third time the
court date was rescheduled, the interpreter finally
showed up but the deaf man stayed home, tired of
these 160 mile round trips. The city attorney
did three things – sent a letter of apology,
dismiss the charge, and ordered the insurance
company to compensate the deaf man for loss of
wages and mileage. And most important of all,
said that obeying the ADA is very important to
his city!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 24, 2015 morning

— deaf baseball banned in Japan

Baseball is a popular sport in Japan. For years the
deaf wanted to play baseball, but the government
would not allow them to play because of their
deafness. It didn’t matter to them that Dummy
Hoy has been a famous deaf baseball player in
USA. The government was afraid that the deaf
cannot hear the ball bouncing off the bats and
they would be badly hurt. It took years
of lobbying and persuading before the
government decided to allow the deaf to play!
Now, in Japan there have been a few deaf that
play professionally.

 
— lucky deaf shopper in a supermarket

A church in Martinsburg, WV wanted to distribute
money to help the low income people. A group
of church members, with cash in their hands,
looked for shoppers that were older and seemed
to be poor. One of them was a deaf woman.
She was so shocked with the cash given her
that she immediately flashed the ILY sign!

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 23, 2015 morning

 
— a new Switched at Birth plot

TV series Switched at Birth is entering its 4th season.
Deaf character Daphne (Katie LeClerc) has some kind
of complications. We will need to watch the program to
see what it is all about.

— A top stonemason

Louis Francis, who is deaf, is considered to be one of
British’s top stonemasons. His current project is fixing
up statues at St George’s Chapel inside the Windsor Castle.
He is one of the candidates for top deaf entrepreneur of
the year honor.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 22, 2015 morning

— a big deaf history in West Virginia

For years West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
never had a deaf superintendent. Now there is a
new superintendent and he is deaf! It is
Martin P. Keller Jr, a veteran administrator
of a number of schools for the deaf. What makes
this position notable is that he will also be
overseeing the school for the blind! The board
vote to hire him was unanimous.

— award-winning deaf photographer retires

Mike DeVries, who is deaf, has retired as the
photographer of the The Capital Times newspaper
(Madison, WI). His colleagues have said he
was the best in getting great pictures,
always putting people at ease while being
photographed. He has won many awards for
is pictures. He retired because he wanted
to pursue other challenges.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 21, 2015

— a deaf man honored by a worldwide business network

When Edgar B. Palmer became deaf at the age of 18 in
Hartford, CT, he could have felt sorry for himself.
Instead he decided to play basketball – as a member of
the Hartford Club of the Deaf team. This led him to
enrollment at Gallaudet, where he immediately joined
the football team. Fast forward years later, Worldwide
Branding named him as a VIP member. It is for
professionals that have achieved personal and
professional success. He currently is the Gallaudet
Executive Director of the Office of Diversity and Equity
for Students. Worldwide Branding? It more or less
operates on a higher level than Linkedin.

— interpreters refuse to pay membership dues

Many gifted interpreters are not certified. It does
not mean they do not interpret well. Some of them
interpret much better than certified interpreters.
Why no certification? There was a big newspaper
story of an interpreter in Maine being forced to
pay nearly $1,000 per year in membership dues!
To use a certified interpreter or a non-certified
interpreter? Well, a certified intepreter is
bound to RID Code of Ethics. There is no assurance
that a non-certified interpreter will do likewise!

— FCC’s open video platform plans

FCC boss Tom Wheeler announced at TDI Conference
in Baltimore that he wants Open Video Platform for
the Deaf. This means compatibility with all and
any video relay equipment and software. There
is a big irony, that Wheeler has not mentioned.
At the rate FCC is cutting fees to these providers
we may have to deal with fewer and fewer relay
providers in the future!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 21, 2015 morning

— CRISPR and the designer babies

There was an article in the Economist about CRISPR.
It means Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic
Repeats, a language that only biologists understand.
Anyway it is about designer babies, meaning parents
that engineer the genes to create a perfect baby.
This same article also accuses a few deaf parents
of wanting to engineer a deaf baby, which is not
in the best interests of these such babies!

— a funny emergency call request in Russia

In Russia, an emergency call phone center
received this phone call that had a funny
request. A daughter wanted to find company
for her mother, saying:

my mother is hard of hearing, but hears
well with a hearing aid!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 20, 2015

— a shocking “no interpreter” picture

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— a well known deaf pro athlete changes career

Lance Allred, a long time deaf professional basketball
player that played in the NBA for a short time,
has retired from his playing career. He is now
a full time motivational speaker, speaking
on issues such as religion and deafness.
Lance does not use ASL and functions as a
hearing person.

— Trump insults the deaf

Many of us are not aware that Rand Paul (R-Ky)
is deaf. He wears two hearing aids, and
his deafness has not been an issue throughout
his political career. Anyway, during the
first GOP debate, Trump made a very strong
hint that Rand has trouble hearing him!
Already anti-Trump critics are saying
that deafness is one of many things
that Trump insults!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 20, 2015 morning

— four months to track down a fake deaf relay call

How long does it take for police to track down a fake
deaf relay call? Four months? This was what the police
was able to track down and arrest a deaf man for
making a fake deaf relay call – to bomb the Statue
of Liberty! He made other threats, through the
relay – to bomb the Times Square and Brooklyn
Bridge. This deaf man is not from New York, but
from Texas. He is now facing a federal court hearing.

 
— a suspicious hearing aid

A deaf prisoner sent a hearing aid box to himself,
telling prison officials it is a hearing aid.
Actually the box contained marijuana. He said
it was a “mistake” – should have been a real
hearing aid. He will be facing a court hearing.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 19, 2015

— ADT (home alarm company) not friendly to the deaf

A deaf resident of Vallejo, CA has serious problems
with ADT, the well known home alarm company. ADT
agreed to text her each time there is an alarm,
but she couldn’t text back her responses. Anyway
people break into her home, thus triggering the
alarms. The Vallejo city officials were not too happy
with these false alarms and fined the deaf woman nearly
$350.00. She has refused to pay the fine and demanded
ADT pay it. ADT wouldn’t. City agreed to cancel the fine.

 
— deaf people riding on public transport systems

There was a story in a British newspaper about a
young deaf man that is seeking employment. The
story said:

he is unable to travel safely alone on public transport

This deaf man has no physical or mental issues. Why
would the writer make that comment? Very puzzling!

 
— a modeling comment by Nyle

Nyle DiMarco, who is competing in the America’s Next
Top Model series, was interviewed. He made a comment
that was interesting:

American Sign Language requires facial expression
and body language; that’s what modeling requires also.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 19, 2015 morning

— a lipreader’s problems watching non-captioned movies

A lipreader said watching movies without captions is
impossible because of various reasons, such as
camera angle, voiceovers, sound effects and
actors’ accents. And even worse, cannot lipread
cartoon characters!

 
— tricks with Netflix captions

A deaf person, who watches Netflix captions all the
time, says there are tricks. One can change captions
to make it easier on the eyes or to change to a
preferred styling of captions. How? Go to
Netflix account settings and select “Subtitle
Appearance” and play around with colors and
fonts until you are satisfied

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 18, 2015

— signing in public can be a big mistake

Three Australian deaf people were signing with
each other, while riding on the train. They
were talking about how to commit a crime.
A deaf person, sitting away from them,
saw the whole conversation and told the
police about it. These three people were
arrested and awaiting trial.

 
— interpreter is missing

A deaf man was asked to show up in the courtroom.
He told the court he is deaf and needed an
interpreter. They court told him they will get it
for him. He showed up in the court. The interpreter
never showed up. The courtroom date was rescheduled.
Again, the interpreter never showed up. It was
very frustrating for the deaf man because he had
to drive about 80 miles one way from his home to
the courtroom. The judge is aware of it and is
trying to find a solution!

 
— the truth about the hard of hearing man

Yesterday DeafDigest said that a hard of
hearing man was thrilled on a deaf group
to communicate with in a diner, that he
was willing to drive a long distance.
What is the truth? It was learned that
this hard of hearing man bragged about
mingling easily with the hearing people
in his home town. Yet, why bother driving
a long distance just to join the deaf
group at a diner and tellng them he
needed deaf company.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 18, 2015 morning

— a deaf woman in an important Public Relations job

Could a deaf person function in Public Relations?
It is a big job with headaches, answering tough questions
from the media on controversial issues. Well, Nira Yadin,
who is deaf, is the spokeswoman for Israel’s Construction
Minister Yoav Galant. How does she communicate with
the media? She texts and emails. And she has the
100 percent support of her boss, Yoav Galant.

 
— deaf member of a gold medal winning culinary team

Assistant chef Simamkele Twani is deaf. He is an important
member of the culinary team at the Protea Hotel Balalaika
Sandton in South Africa. A recent culinary competition
took place between 25 different hotel teams. And
Twani’s team won the first place. The competition is
called Cape Legends Inter Hotel Challenge, considerd
to be the Oscars in the hotel industry. Team members
learned sign language in order to communicate with
its deaf member.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 17, 2015

— a lucky hard of hearing man

In a semi-rural state, a group of retired deaf men
meet up once a week for morning coffee and breakfast
at a local diner. It has been a tradition with this
group for many years. One morning, a hard of hearing
man, himself a past athlete at a big time university,
happened to enter the diner alone and was shocked to
see the deaf group. He was welcomed into the group.
He makes it a habit to join the weekly diner group
even though he lives “very far away.” Said a friend:

I think he is hungry for communications with the
deaf as he couldn’t get from the hearing

 
— a long time deaf school head announces retirement

Donald E Rhoten, one of the nation’s longest serving
deaf school directors, has announced his retirement
from his position at Western Pennsylvania School
for the Deaf. He had been at this position for 22
years and his last day on the job will be
June 30, 2016. Don, who is deaf, said:

not bad for someone who lived the first 4 years of
his life in a few rooms behind a gas station; and
whose high school guidance counselor said – learn
a trade.

He graduated from University of Baltimore, and
was a pitcher on the baseball team. Yes, he pitched
against Gallaudet University in 1971, and beat
Gallaudet!

— a comment by Tom Harkin

Former Iowa senator Tom Harkin made a comment –
that in the past years, many deaf people were
limited to just three jobs – a printer, a
shoemaker, a baker! Times have changed.
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— hard of hearing football players need to thank Larry Brown

In 1969, Larry Brown reported to the Washington Redskins
training camp. Vince Lombardi, the head coach, noticed
that Larry was deaf in one ear. Lombardi got permission
from NFL to outfit Brown’s helmet with a hearing aid,
so he can hear the quarterback’s signals and the snap
count. Since then there have been a number of hard of
hearing players with these special helmets. For this
reason they need to thank Brown!

 
— horror stories about medical interpreters

For the past several years deaf people in Salem, Oregon
have been complaining about interpreters at medical
facilities. In 2014, Salem Health cancelled its
contract with live interpreting agency and relied
on video remote interpreting (VRI) services. Since
then VRIs were forced on deaf patients that only
wanted live interpreters. These patients were
forced to use family members as interpreters
or to wait many hours for unqualified, but
cheaper, interpreters. Salem Health said
they are trying to improve this interpreting
situation.

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— a national deaf web site hacked

A national deaf web site was hacked. It was an attempt
by a hacker to tell the public that the deaf web site
plus 22 other web sites that he also hacked hacked
yesterday were not well protected. Which deaf web
site was hacked? It was the Saudi Federation for
the Deaf (Saudi Arabia)! He said he will wait until
the deaf web site is fixed before he would open
access to the public. Blackmail? In a way, yes!

— a question about online captions

Someone wrote a letter to a newspaper, asking
for advice on online captions. The response
was this:

The location of the caption command varies from
service to service. It may be listed under “options”
or as a graphic in an onscreen toolbar

 
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— CDC finally realizes the deaf

DeafDigest mentioned that Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) made no mention of the deaf or
of deafness while distributing a report about the
disabled. Public outcry was so overwhelming that
CDC has admitted they committed a big time blunder!

 
— understanding the blind and mocking the deaf

An angry letter to the editor of a newspaper in
California accused the public of making fun of
deaf people while undrstanding the needs of
the blind. The writer pointed out to “many
cartoons” laughing at the deaf – like
pointing the trumpet to the ear. And also
comments like “fell on deaf ears”, “as
deaf as post”. “tone deaf” ,etc. The
writer is correct.

 
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— fake deaf sports league

At a shopping mall in Fort Myers, Florida, a deaf
man collected donations, saying it was for a
Deaf Sports League. Without thinking, hearing
people donated money. This went on for a few
months until the hearing donors became
suspicious. Knowing nothing about deaf sports,
they investigated and learned about USA Deaf
Sports Federation, the Deaflympics, etc –
but nothing about Deaf Sports League. The deaf
man vanished when he realized the hearing
people got wise to his scam!

— relay calls getting fewer and fewer

There was a newspaper story about Maryland
Relay getting 700 relay calls every day.
700? That many or too few? It is too few
because more deaf people use video relay
to make their calls. Times certainly have
changed.

 
— a tragedy with a deaf EMT

Samantha Agins, age 22 and deaf, was a EMT in New Jersey.
A woman suffered a heart attack, and Samantha gave CPR,
while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. It was the
first time she gave a CPR and she worked hard at it.
She then became sick and collapsed. Her co-workers
thought she was exhausted. But it was was a mini-stroke
that caused her to collapse. Later she had a massive
stroke and then died. Her community is in mourning.

 
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— deaf employee asked to attract deaf applicants

CIA has a deaf employee, identified as Cham (not his real name).
He said CIA has asked him to reach out to the Deaf Community
to get the deaf to apply for jobs at this secretive
agency. Deaf as spies? No, but in a variety of desk
jobs. DeafDigest editor has known of several CIA employees
that were deaf. They, however, were not allowed to
talk about their jobs. Even if some were file clerks,
they still couldn’t talk about it!

 
— a comedian says it is ok to insult people

For years comedians have been insulting people,
hoping to make them laugh at their jokes. This
includes the deaf, and other groups, that have
been insulted. We hate to be insulted because
of our deafness, but comedians don’t care. This
story was written up in a newspar, saying it is
ok to insult!

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— deaf business honored by a national hearing organization

Small Business Revolution (SBR) is an independent national
organization that honors outstanding small businesses. Out
of millions of small businesses the list was narrowed to
100 best small busineses and then down to 10 best. One of
10 is a deaf-owned business – Mozzeria, a deaf-owned
pizza eatery in San Francisco, owned and operated by the
Steins, deaf husband and wife team. Some pictures are at:

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— world’s weirdest thief

A mother of a deaf boy stole a young baboon from a zoo
in Skopje, Macedonia. Why? The deaf son loved the
baboon, and the mother felt it would be a perfect
gift for him. The police was able to locate the
missing baboon and have him returned to the zoo.
Two people that helped the mother cut the cage
have been arrested. No word on if the mother is
in trouble.

 
— a school for the deaf with a serious problem

The Volta School for the Deaf has a serious problem.
Located in Hohoe, Ghana, shortage of electricity
has caused the classrooms to go dark at times.
Since deaf children cannot learn in the dark,
school officials are trying to raise funds to
buy a generator, that would power up when
electricity goes down!

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— deafness not important to a federal agency

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one
of the most important federal agencies. It protects
USA from health, safety and security threats. And
this agency does not care about the deaf? It
distributed a report about the disabled people
in USA. Not one word about this report mentions
deafness! So, are they saying we are not important?

— water dumped on a person with hearing aid

At the Cache restaurantin Little Rock, Senator Ted Cruz
was eating with Governor Asa Hutchinson. Outside the
restaurant, a group of people were protesting Ted Cruz’s
political beliefs. The angry restaurant employees,
wanting the protesters to go away, poured water on
them from the restaurant balcony. The water was dumped
on a deaf person that was wearing a hearing aid.
Fortunately the hearing aid was not damaged,
but the deaf person plans to file a police report.

 
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— pictures and very short bios of three Gallaudet presidential finalists

A newspaper headline today screamed:
Gallaudet’s next president will be a woman. But which one?

http://deafdigest.com/2015-gallaudet-presidential-finalists-photos-short-bio/

— art director for a newspaper pull-out magazine

Bella Magazine is a pull-out magazine for women and about women; it is
published by the Pensacola (Florida) News Journal. This magazine has
many pictures about women in fashion, styling, life choices, etc.
The art director, responsible for selection and location of
these pictures is Tracee Neese. She is deaf. She does not sign
and relies on lipreading.

 
— reasons hearing need captions

there are five reasons hearing people need captions –

1. noisy room
2. audio disappeared
3. can’t catch whispered conversation
4. helps enjoy sound music
5. catching the weather forecasts when weathermen talk too fast

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— a lucky deaf hiker

A deaf Canadian was hiking up the mountain with a
group of friends. Somewhere on the trail, his
hearing aid fell out. He did not realize it until
he was further along on the trail. He returned back,
looking for his hearing aid, and couldn’t find it.
Two months later another hiker found that hearing
aid and brought it to a hearing aid dealer. Not
only the dealer fixed the lost hearing aid, that
was broken, but was able to track down the owner
to return it!

 
— problems at Cochlear

Cochlear Corporation in Australia having problems
with management? This corporation is making so
much money, as much as a 60 percent increase in
profits. But this company is cutting dividends.
And critics are complaining that Cochlear is
overcharging people for its implants. And
it was only last week when it was learned this
company experimented its implants on animals.
Problems in paradise?

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— Spoken English not permitted at a national conference

It was learned that at the Registry of Interpreters for the
Deaf conference, a motion was passed to make ASL as the official
language during these national and regional conferences.
Something is going on – yesterday it was announced that
interpreter exams are being suspended for the time being.
And now this. What next tomorrow that will shock us?

— the three Gallaudet presidential finalists

 
These are:

* Roberta Cordano
* Pamela Lloyd-Ogoke
* Annette Reichman

 
May the best finalist win.

— a star-studded group

The “Spring Awakening” deaf play to be performed
on the Broadway will feature a star-studded cast –
Russell Harvard (deaf), Marlee Matlin (deaf),
Patrick Page (hearing), Camryn Manheim (hearing),
and some others. DeafDigest does not recall such
a deaf play in the past that has featured these
prominent hearing actors that will act together
with a past Oscar winner. Camryn is interesting
as she was an interpreter and a social worker
with the deaf before becoming a full time
actor. Will she use ASL on the stage or voice
it out herself? Oh, by the way, it is not
the first time that a deaf play is being
shown on Broadway. Both Gallaudet and NTID
had their plays featured in the past.

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— a struggle while watching a captioned/subtitled movie

When deaf people watch movies that are captioned/subtitled,
there is often a struggle. To watch the captions and ignore
the picture. Or to watch the picture and ignore the
captions? This was the comment made by an experienced
deaf movie viewer. Eventually he learned to “split his eyes”
by half-watching the captions, half-watching the picture!

 
— closing of a school program

The Inter-generational Deaf Education Outreach spent
over millions of dollars in establishing a deaf
education program. Yet, it is now being closed
up, and considered a failure. Why? The parents
wanted their children taught orally and not
taught in sign language! It is not in USA,
but in Vietnam.

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— NAD supports the word deaf, not Deaf

Is a deaf person called deaf or is he called Deaf? For years
people with strong sense of deaf identity have always called
themselves Deaf. Other deaf people don’t care and just call
themselves deaf. Columnist Allan Metcalf, not deaf, wrote
an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, saying
that the National Association of the Deaf and the World
Federation of the Deaf support the word – deaf!

 
— trying to lipread during a town council meeting

Angela Flood, who is deaf, tries to lipread during
Yamhill County (Oregon) council meetings. She does
not get along with County Commissioner Mary Starrett,
as they have squabbled a lot on just about everything
during these meetings. During one recent meeting,
Starrett deliberately covered her mouth while
discussing an issue. That incident became the story
in the county newspapers. Asked why would she do
that, Starrett refused to comment.

— ADA is not a law that gives us accessibility

We have been celebrating the 25th anniversary of
the ADA – and for the deaf, it means captions,
interpreters, videos, employment opportunities,
etc. But there is one correction that needs to
be made. ADA is not an accessibility law, though
it seems to be. It is a civil rights law that
is enforcedby the Department of Justice’s
Civil Rights Division! A big difference –
accessibility or civil rights? Not really, just
a matter of describing what is ADA.

 
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— sign language class for an auto dealership

The Vantage Auto Group recently sold a car to an
interpreter. The sales people realized that the
interpreter is valued in the Deaf Community,
and they decided they should be learning some
sign language in case some deaf customers
come in, looking for cars. So far, the
dealership has had some series of sign
language classes.

 
— helping the fire department create sign language videos

Gracie Gilmore, who is deaf, is a fire cadet with the
Southend (Great Britain) fire department. Through
her, the fire dpeartment realized they needed to
create fire safety videos (fire alarms, fire
escapes, safe ktichen cooking, and other fire
safety rules. Gracie was only too glad to help
create the videos.

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— Geeta’s seven claims

Geeta, the deaf woman, was stuck in Pakistan for
13 years after straying over the India-Pakistan
border by accident. Pakistan wants to return her
to India. And India wants to take her back – but
who is her real family. So far, several families
in India are saying she belongs to them. To
date, Geeta has rejected all of them, saying she
doesn’t remember them!

— a deaf-blind man in an amazing sport

John Nicoll, Ballymoney, Wales, is deaf-blind
and relies on interpreter to help him get around.
It did not prevent him from winning the national
(hearing) deaf-blind archery championship! While
the blind archers need voices to help direct
them during the championship, it is different
for a deaf-blind competitor.

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— Tolstoy’s weird comment about the deaf

Tolstoy is one of the world’s most famous authors (1828-1910).
He wrote two books that are considrered one of the world’s
best – War and Peace; Anna Karenina. He made a comment
about the deaf – that is weird. He said that deaf
people tend to answer questions that no one asked them.
Don’t know what led him to be making that comment!

 
— Seattle or Pittsburgh

Which do you prefer – Seattle or Pittsburgh, these two
grand American cities. This question is being put up for
vote to host the 2019 Deaf Seniors USA Conference.
The 2017 event is in Houston.

 
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— native and early-learner ASL signers wanted

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— more about captions on one airline

The Emirates Airline is owned by Dubai government.
It became the first one to offer captions for
the deaf. And while other airlines have caught up
with captions, Emirates offers captions on
new films, not just “old” films! This is something
that many captioning providers don’t. How many
current movies with captions does Emirates show?
About 50 movies!

 
— our deaf entertainers

coming up real soon is a grand performance of deaf
entertainers. You can watch it soon via
live streaming. More information at:

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— a big embarrassment for New York’s Finest

For years the police force of New York City hasa
always been called New York’s Finest. Right not
it is suffering a huge embarrassment. Four years
ago, a deaf woman was arrested, handcuffed and
held in police custody for two days without
knowing what was going on. She has filed
a false arrest lawsuit. Yesterday the New York
judge said the lawsuit can go ahead.

 
— deaf ballplayer wearing the uniform of a famous ballplayer

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The caption in the picture explains it all

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— a communications trick with a deaf tricycle taxi driver

A deaf deaf tricycle taxi driver, picking up passengers,
has a special communications trick. To see what the
trick is, go to:

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— missing a lot without ASL auto salesperson

You are ready to buy a car; practically all auto
dealerships do not have a ASL person that
can communicate with you. You’re probably missing
out on a lot – the general auto market, the new
car options, the different financing options,
types of warranties and extended warranties.
This was what a deaf person said after visiting
a new car dealership in Kansas that has two
Coda salespeople, both fluent in ASL.

 
— a Derrick Coleman story that we didn’t know about

Derrick Coleman plays for the Seattle Seahawks.
He is working hard to survive the roster cuts
this summer to make the team. He shared a story –
that with friends on a boat, in a horseplay,
they threw him into the lake. Derrick was wearing
two hearing aids. The friends knew he was deaf
but didn’t realize his two hearing aids!
Derrick, by the way, was a good sport and
wasn’t angry!

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— a tragedy in Uganda

According to the Ugandan National Association of the Deaf,
95 percent of deaf Ugandans cannot read their names,
nor count up to 10. Why? Education of the deaf is not
a priority with the government. A tragedy there.

 
— communications with Census & EEOC

The Census Bureau and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
will be offering deaf video services to allow the deaf to
communicate with either agency. In due time more agencies
are expected to establish video communications. The
first one was the FCC.

 
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— heartbreak for a small town

Norton, VA is a very small town (less than 4,000 people)
in a remote part of Virginia. For the past 25 years,
the biggest employer in the town was Virginia Relay
Center. Not any more. This relay center has closed up
for good, costing these employees their jobs.
It didn’t matter that this relay center received
the best grades among all other relay centers,
this place is closed. Hopefully these people
that have lost their jobs will find another
jobs in the area.

 
— CI’s were removed for a reason

An acquaintance told DeafDigest editor that
in his home state, five implanted deaf people
went to their doctors to have CI’s removed.
Why? Because CI caused them migrane headaches!
And they said headaches disappeared when their
CI’s were removed.

— interpreter objects to “hearing impaired”

An interpreter wrote a letter to a newspaper
editor, saying “hearing impaired” was a phrase
invented by the hearing to describe the deaf,
and that it is an insult to the deaf. A more
proper phrase would be “hearing loss” or
even a simpler one – deaf!

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— late-deafened police officer loses his job

Bruce Shields, a long time police officer with
the police department at Reading, Berkshire,
in Great Britain, lost his job. Reason was
his late deafness. His supervisor said that
he has problems telling the difference between
“shoot” and “don’t shoot”. He has filed
an appeal.

 
— a French-speaking deaf woman

A deaf woman was chatting with her doctor.
He asked if she was born in France. She
said she was born in South Carolina,
and does not know the French language.
The doctor heard her accent, and thought
it was a French accent. He then realized
the woman was deaf, with “perfect” speech.
How would a deaf woman from South Carolina
speak like a French woman?

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— a cover of a comic book shows a CI

You may love the comic book or you may hate it.
CI works for some deaf people. CI also does not
work for some other deaf people. DeafDigest
is neutral. Anyway do look at the comic
book cover page:

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— a future deaf dentist in a surprise country

Nada Al Sayed Sami Gaballah, a fourth-year dental
student, is deaf. She is a dental student at
Future University Cairo. She comes from
United Arab Emirates. It is a surprise
because Middle East nations do not encourage
the deaf to reach out to these high goals. She
overcame discrimination by achieving top grades
in all of her classes. Hopefully she will establish
a successful practice in whatever nation she
decides to settle in.

 
— a tale of five deaf students in a small town

A deaf man came from a small town of less than
800 people. This town had five deaf kids that
attended a day school for the deaf in a nearby
bigger city. Even while living in the small
town, these five deaf students never mingled
with each other socially! Only one of them
was an athlete, played high school football,
went to college and also played in a college
sport. What about four others? No one knows
where they are right now. It is sad.

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— 11 brothers and sisters

Yesterday’s DeafDigest mentioned Geeta, the deaf woman
was trapped in Pakistan for 13 years, after straying from
her home in India. It was learned that she has 11
brothers and sisters in her family in India. Is it
possible that her parents did not want to bother
looking for her because of her deafness and also
because they have 11 other children to worry about?
If so, what a shame!

— already 2000 media images for deaf filmmakers

we have many deaf amateur filmmakers; whether they can
make videos that are marketable is another matter.
Anyway one British company has come up with 2,000 video
images to help deaf filmmakers anywhere in the world
to communicate with the hearing professionals in the
media world. Not sure exactly how is this going to
work, but DeafDigest editor is no filmmaker.

 
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— after 15 years stuck in Pakistan, deaf woman may come home

Geeta, a deaf girl from India, somehow strayed into Pakistan
and the authorities would not allow her to return home.
After being stuck for 15 years, the Indian High Commissioner
is now working with Ansar Burney, a Pakistan human rights
activist to have this deaf now-woman returned to her homeland.
Why was this allowed to happen, no one is admitting to anything,
but at least both nations are negotiating to allow her to
come home. It is a tragedy, 15 years of her life wasted in
limbo.

— London’s first deaf paramedic

There are many deaf people that want to become
paramedics, even in USA, but there is so much
resistance among medical emergency personnel
that they have been forced to give up their
dreams. Not that so in London, at least in the
case of a deaf man, whow is now with the
London Air Ambulance. His name is not known
but he was shown in a video, describing his
job in British Sign Language, which was
not captioned! He was wearing a paramedic
uniform and standing in front of a
helicopter.

— Ignoring “America’s Next Top Model” TV program

Marie-Agnes Parmentier, a marketing professor at
University of Montreal, did a research, wanting to
know if the TV program – America’s Next Top Model
is popular. According to her survey, it is losing
popularity. Why is DeafDigest mentioning it?
Because one of the contestants – Nyle DiMarco
is deaf. Can he bring in the audience? This is
what the producers are hoping!

 
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— a scandal with the CI testing

An organization serving the deaf in Australia is
saying that Cochlear Corporation uses animals
to test its new CI models. What did Cochlar
Corporation have to say about it? Just one
word – silence! The corporation spokesperson
is not saying anything about this alleged
animal cruelty.

 
— 400 is the average in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing is working with the state
to provide interpreters for the deaf that
are called for jury duty. According to
Heidi Reed, the deaf agency commissioner,
appromximately 400 deaf people have been
called each year for jury duty only to
be excused. Not any more in the near
future.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 2, 2015 morning

— another use of cane for the deaf-blind

A special cane is very important for the deaf-blind;
it helps that person navigate way around on the
sidewalks and grounds. Yet, there is another surprising
use of the cane. A deaf-blind person went to a fast
food place with his Support Service Provider (SSP).
This person, helping the deaf-blind, was also deaf,
and was not able to finger-point on the wall the
choice order. Instead, the SSP borrowed the cane
cane to touch the wall on the item that was the
choice. It worked!

— a deaf person creates a career that was never a career

Evelyn Glennie, a British deaf woman, is the world’s
best percussionist. In fact, she is the only full time
percussionist in the world. She said:

Percussionists have to create their own opportunities.
I’ve been driven by wanting to be a solo percussionist,
because that career did not exist before

Percussion is a form of music played with different
kinds of stuff that is not guitar, violin, piano, etc.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 1, 2015 morning

— deaf boy born without skull wants to play football

Alex Spraggins was born in China, and left for dead
because he was missing a skull. He was adopted by
the Spraggins family in Georgia, and sent to
Georgia School for the Deaf. He is now 13 and his
dream is to play on the school football team.
He had an operation at Children’s Healthcare of
Atlanta to fill up his skull with grafted bone.
Will he still be able to play football? The
doctors said it is a definite possibility!

— small town banker knows ASL

Southern Bank of Tennessee is located in
Lebanon, Tennessee. This small town
is maybe a half hour drive from
Nashville. This bank hired Wanda
Wilson, a Coda that is fluent in ASL.
Her career has always been in the banking
profession. Her goal is to help deaf
clients with their banking needs. It
is not common for small town merchants
to know ASL, and in that case, these
deaf residents are fortunate.

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