DeafDigest Gold – August 2, 2015
Gold Edition Barry Strassler, Editor
http://deafdigest.com – updated every Monday
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Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 19th year
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Deaf Cartoon (Fogey) of the week:
Power groups
http://deafdigest.com/comics/fogey-power-groups/
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Last week’s ASL Videos with captions:
http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-blind-communications/
http://deafdigest.com/videos/aaa-no-deaf-travel-advice/
This week’s ASL Videos with captions:
http://deafdigest.com/videos/no-deaf-captions/
http://deafdigest.com/videos/waiter-surprise-deaf/
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Sign Language Fun for Children
Children use their imagination and learn with the “Signimalz Sign
Language Alphabet and Coloring Book Set”, now at Harris
Communications.
The “Alphabet Book” shows colorful cartoon animals fingerspelling
each letter of the alphabet. After reading the book, children can
color the cartoon animals in the “Coloring Book”-reinforcing what
they have learned.
These books can be used as a teaching resource for Deaf and Hard of
Hearing students or as a fun learning tool for everyone.
Find the Signimalz Sign Language Alphabet and Coloring Book Set”
(B1308) at Harris Communications for only $13.99.
To see the 2-book set, go to: http://bit.ly/HarrisComm_DDG080215
Contact us: at mailto:info@harriscomm.com
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Top stories about the deaf:
The Justice Department is investigating how the
“next door” Arlington County (Virginia) treats its’
deaf prisoners.
The Embassy of Finland has donated funds to help
support the Namibia National Association of the Deaf.
The Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
will be reviewing the interpreting standards for
interpreters in the state
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has
filed a lawsuit against FedEx Ground for
discriminating against two deaf employees.
FedEx Ground is separate from FedEx Express, FedEx Office, FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Trade Networks, FedEx Supply Chain, or FedEx TechConnect. Confusing? Yes!
The Education Week publication ran a piece saying
that closed captioning helps improve students’
reading skills. It was talking about the
hearing, but the same goes for the deaf.
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AMERICAN REMOTES AND EUROPEN REMOTES
In USA, the Philips and LG TV set remotes have
CC, either on the remote or on the TV menu screen.
It is different in Europe – no CC on remotes and
also on the menus.
Very frustrating for deaf travelers.
http://deafdigest.com/videos/no-deaf-captions/
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Deaf members of European royal families
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-members-of-european-royal-families/
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A SURPRISE BRUSSELS WAITER
DeafDigest editor and his wife was sitting at a
cafe in Brussels, Belgium, and ordered coffee.
The waiter signed “thank you” in ASL. It
was a surprise.
The waiter said he has served many deaf Americans
and learned a few signs from them!
http://deafdigest.com/videos/waiter-surprise-deaf/
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YOU ARE DEAF AND ARE BREAKING THE LAW IF:
You are a K-5 student in Louisiana and do not politely greet
your teacher with a “sir” or a “madam”. This is a new law that kicks
in on July 1st.
Law-abiding parents will strive to train their children, both deaf
and hearing, to pay their teachers with utmost respect. Children are
always forgetful until prompted; forgetful hearing children will hear
“sir” or “madam” from their classmates and quickly get the hint. Not
always that so with deaf children.
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Are you scared of needles for new fillings?
* Air Abrasion Technique does not require Needles for New Fillings
What about for extractions, replace old fillings, and other
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Are you scared of contaminated water in dental office?
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picture of the late Chuck Baird, eminent deaf
artist & entertainer
http://deafdigest.com/chuck-baird-photo-deaf/
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LOOKING BACK AT A PAST DEAFDIGEST VIDEO
deaf student communicating with deaf blind student
http://deafdigest.com/videos/deafblindcommunications/
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OUR ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
North Dakota Association of the Deaf
http://deafdigest.com/north-dakota-association-of-the-deaf/
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For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please
email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com
for Special Notes, please go to the bottom of this
section
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Lip Reading nightmare
You thought a friend said:
I went to Jamaica
He actually said:
I went to shoemaker
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Deaf Book of the Week
An Intellectual Look at ASL
this book challenges all aspects of ASL; written by Tom Bertling; year 2001
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-book-an-intellectual-look-at-asl/
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Deaf people can do anything
we have a deaf person who is/was a
– ice cream vendor
this website is growing every weekend:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-in-unusual-jobs/
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Deaf Question of the Week:
Q. Why is it so hard for any country to pass their own
“ADA” laws?
A. Politics, politics and politics.
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Rene Pellerin’s Corner:
In the DeafDigest midweek edition 7/31/15 a blurb stated “a businessman is thinking of the deaf”
It discussed where menus that are placed on a wall are hard to point out our choices. That reminded me of an experience!
I went to a seafood festival at a beach in NH with a SSP who is Deaf.
The menus were high above and the environment was too noisy to communicate with no paper or pen available.
My SSP grabbed my white cane and pointed to the choice I wanted!
The cane wins again, it is an excellent tool for the future eats!
Rene’s show business started in year 2010 and it focuses on the
Deaf-Blind.
You can email him at mailto:info@renetheunstoppable.com
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Deaf Wish List of the Week:
DeafDigest was told that deaf organizations are
fighting each other, after some peaceful moments.
Wish is that all deaf organizations stop fighting
each other!
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DeafHistory:
Year 1822 – Beethoven completed the world’s
best music while he was old, deaf and cut off from the world
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DeafNumbers of the Week:
Interesting set of stats re a deaf school’s
the Parent Infant Child Program –
400 home visits per month
24,500 miles per month
1,000 individual contacts per month
5 member staff
could it be 61.5 miles per visit?
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Deaf Collegiate Athletes:
Alyssa Greymont, after swimming for two years for
junior college Gavilan College, will be swimming as
a junior with San Jose State University
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Elite Deaf Athletes:
Skip Flanagan, independent league baseball
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/08/02/deaf-or-not-old-orchard-beach-surge-player-has-big-league-dreams/
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DeafSports Library:
a deaf player in pro football without helmet
http://deafdigest.com/bilbo-monaghan-deaf-pro-football-player-no-helmet/
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DeafDigest Sports:
http://deafdigestsports.com/
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e-mail mailto:barry@deafdigest.com
click on mainstream on the right side of
http://deafdigestsports.com for the list of
mainstreamed athletes
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