Posts published in October 2015

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 31, 2015 morning

— deaf Lyft driver accused of kidnapping a hearing passenger

A deaf Lyft driver in San Francisco picked up the
hearing passenger, being instructed to do so by the
Lyft dispatcher. The passenger didn’t know the driver
was deaf, and attempted to give him instructions.
But when the driver took the “wrong” turn, the
passenger panicked and jumped out of the car, breaking
her ankle. The cops arrived and the passenger accused
the driver of kidnapping her. Cops investigated and
said it was a misunderstanding. The deaf driver was not
charged. In the meantime, the panicked passenger is now
limping with a broken ankle. Will she sue Lyft? Probably!

— America’s Next Top Model or Switched at Birth

Nyle DiMarco was faced with a choice, participating in
America’s Next Top Model or acting in Switched at Birth.
How did he make the decision? He didn’t; his dog did!
Was Nyle joking? This is the story he told a media
interviewer. Possibly it meant Nyle didn’t want to
leave his dog alone if he flew to the coast to do
the Switched at Birth filmings!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 30, 2015

— deaf man said he felt threatened

Matthew Pocci, who is the defendant in the San Diego’s
infamous Zombie Parade automobile accident, testified
in the court case. He said he felt threatened when the
crowd jumped on his car and rocked it. A witness
told the court the crowd was theatening. Even
when he honked the horn, trying to move the car
slowly, the crowd wouldn’t move out of the way.

His picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-driver-that-felt-threatened/

— lucky deaf immigrant

Manuel Ordonez-Quino, a deaf immigrant, is a lucky
person. He was sitting in his cell in El Paso, TX,
awaiting deportation to Guatemala. He reportedly
agreed to leave USA. The immigration attorneys
argued that he did not understand English, and
the only language he knew was Quiché, a language
spoken in Spanish-speaking Guatamela. He could
not understand the charges in English and just
nodded his head. The immigration officials
agreed and allowed him to stay in USA!

 
— a 7 Up TV commercial

Pretty soon, but not sure when, a 7 Up TV commercial
will feature deaf people enjoying the music at a
dance scene. The commercial shoot will be taking
place next week. So, if you catch a 7 Up commercial,
be on the alert.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 30, 2015 morning

— homeless deaf woman wins interpreter rights

Grace Ihetu, a homeless deaf woman fought the New York
City system to obtain interpreters, not only for
herself, but for her other homeless deaf friends.
And as a huge reward, she was given a home, with
a roof over her head for her family.

 
— a possible special watch for deaf

A group of engineers at School of Engineering of
Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic have come up
with a special watch that is supposed to help
the deaf. It will vibrate during fire alarms, car
horns and police sirens.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 29, 2015

— talking to hearing person with captions

Please look at the picture and decide if you like it
or hate it?

http://deafdigest.com/captions-to-love-or-to-hate/

— Deaf Halloween

Halloween is an annual festival that many people,
both deaf and hearing, participate – all for just
fun and games. What about Deaf Halloween?
Freddy Krueger’s “Nightmare on Elm Street” has
one deaf theme. An enemy wanted to get rid of
Carlos. He was given a hearing aid, but instead
it was a “noise machine” that messed him up!

 
— A football coach given a bath

It is a tradition that the football team which
wins the game would give the winning coach a
Gatorade bath. All coaches know it and they
cannot avoid it. Well, the football coach
at Louisiana School for the Deaf is
Susan Gremillion. It is rare for a woman to
coach a football team. So, did her team
dunk her with Gatorade after each win?
Yes, they did!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 29, 2015 morning

— to cancel SKY or to keep SKY

SKY is a British telecommunications company, which
offers “everything” – telephone, cable and
internet. Many British people hate SKY for one
reason – monthly costs are very expensive. But
for a hearing man, he is stuck! He said
his wife is deaf and watches a lot of SKY
programs that are subtitled. If he cancels
to save money, then his wife will be unhappy!

 
— body language during court trial

The Zombie Walk automobile accident trial
in San Diego is going on, involving a
deaf driver. An expert witness has been
called to the stand. He analyzed the body
language of the parade participants to
see if they were the reason for the
accident taking place! If the deaf driver
is guilty, he faces 3 years in jail. So,
the body langauge testimony may be
important.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 28, 2015

— deaf landlady winning $750,000

Diana Williams is deaf and is a landlady in New York
City. She had a problem with a tenant and it
escalated. Police arrived and arrested her, and
placed her in jail overnight – without an
interpeter and without an explanation of why was
she arrested. Even though she was released next
morning with no charges, she was very upset about
this overnight ordeal, which happened in 2011.
She then filed a lawsuit – and won $750,000
as a settlement.

Her picture is at:
http://35.182.75.222/diana-williams-vs-city-of-new-york/

 
— a last minute CART assignment

Kelly Burwell, a deaf resident of Urbana, Illinois,
was summoned for jury duty. An interpreter was
arranged for her, but never showed up! In such
cases, the deaf juror would be excused from duty
– but the judge did something interesting.
He asked Laurie Workman, a court reporter, to
become the last-minute CART operator! Normally
court reporting and CART are two different
things even though the computer keyboard is
the same. Luckily Laurie was able to an
acceptable job to the satisfaction of the
deaf juror.

— teaching the deaf to vote

The Singapore Association for the Deaf wanted
to teach the deaf how to vote in the national
elections. What did that organization do?
Produced 109 diffferent videos, each explaining
what to vote, how to vote and why to vote, etc!
Admittedly DeafDigest is surprised at that
many videos.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 28, 2015 morning

— a trick Google question

when people apply for jobs at Google, this company only
wants to hire the best. To screen out applicants who don’t
qualify, the human resources people will ask trick questions.
One such trick question asked in the past is:

You want to design a phone for deaf people; how do you do it?

Would Robert Weitbrecht, the father of the TTY, be able to
answer that question?

 
— another India-Pakistan deaf trade

So much have been written up about Geeta, that overlooked
is the story of a deaf woman, held in India for many years,
wanting to go back to her home town in Pakistan. She is
42 years old and has serious mental illness issues.
Years ago, she was picked up by police and they
had her committed to a home in India. Now she wants
to come back home!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 27, 2015

— a very shocking poster

this poster is self explanatory. You have to see it
for yourself!

http://deafdigest.com/shocking-poster/

— prosecutor says deaf driver was frustrated and impatient

The trial opened yesterday of a deaf driver accused of
driving through the San Diego’s Zombie Walk parade,
and hitting a woman. The prosecutor said the driver
was not threatened but was just frustrated and impatient.
He was at the Comic con convention to help the deaf
and then went to his car to drive home. But his car
was trapped when the Zombie Walk parade participants
blocked it. His attorney said the prosecutor is wrong.

— a deaf bribe between India and Pakistan

The Geeta tale never stops, always a different story
every day. The latest story was that India bribed
Pakistan’s EDHI Foundation $155,000 to release Geeta
after taking her of her for about 13-15 years!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 27, 2015 morning

— honoring an old time deaf tradition

The long time tradition at Gallaudet, the Rat Funeral
held to celebrate the end of the students’ freshman
year, has been praised by Simon J. Bronner, a professor
of American studies and folklore at Pennsylvania
State University-Harrisburg. He said college
traditions are an important part of college culture.

 
— sign language or German or French

Which is more preferable, learning sign language or
learning German or French. A survey in Great Britain
said that hearing people would prefer to learn
sign language.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 26, 2015

 
— a female deaf chef wins Best Chef contest

The American entry in the International Deaf Chef
contest did not win. The winner is Unnur Pétursdóttir,
from Iceland. She is the top chef at the Lava
restaurant at the Blue Lagoon in South Iceland.

Her picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/2015-world-best-deaf-chef/

— wrong, wrong, wrong says 9-year old deaf girl

Ammarah Mahmood is nine year old deaf girl from
a mid-sized British town. Learning very well the
grammatical lessons in her classes, she took
pictures of posted town signs that had these
grammatical errors. Such errors were: Happy
Holiday’s, No Drink’s Allowed, Pie’s, Sandwich’s,
Taxi’s, etc. She showed her shocked teacher these
pictures. Ammarah said “these are adults. I am
deaf and I am nine and I know the correct way
to use them.”

— updates on the never-ending Geeta tale

Geeta is returning home in India as a young woman, after
straying to Pakistan by mistake as a young girl. For
some reason Pakistan would not immediately return her
to India, having held her for some 13-15 years.
Three updates – she is rejecting the family that has
claimed her; DNA will be taken from her to look for
the perfect match among several parents that have claimed her;
and Geeta was inspired after watching the “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”
movie which portrayed a deaf Pakistan girl accidentally
straying to India! While Geeta is not born in
Pakistan, it didn’t matter to her. Once inspired,
she made demands to return to her homeland!

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 26, 2015 morning

— difficult for the deaf to become a barber

Could a deaf person become a barber? Of course,
Deaf Scissors is the same as Hearing Scissors.
What makes it difficult is lack of training
courses in barbering! Take Japan as an example,
years ago many deaf schools offered barbering
courses. Times have changed and only just two
deaf schools right now offer these barbering
courses!

 
— dangers of lead

Overexposure to lead can lead to hearing losses.
This is a tragedy. People just didn’t realize
how dangerous is lead. But – surprise – lead
problems existed In Europe between 5th and
15th centuries! Anthropologists are beginning
to discover that wealthy Europeans had indoor
water piping in their homes. These pipes carried
lead – which also led to deafness as well as
with other health problems!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 25, 2015 morning

— a deaf/hearing dinner conversation

Could deaf and hearing people have a dinner time
conversation without an interpreter? Good question,
but there is a wireless device that is being developed
that would convert voices to text, via real-time captions.
Not sure, though if it can convert ASL to voice. If it
cannot, then conversation becomes one-sided!

— pushing for a new hand sign

Matt Cerar, a graduate student at Utah State University,
is upset that the fans use the wrong hand sign to root
for their football, basketball and other teams. It is
a wrong hand sign because it refers to part of the
female anatomy. He has proposed a new hand sign that
resembles bull horns. Will he succeed?

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 24, 2015 morning

— a bad review about the deaf

the Silent Labors Moving Services is a
deaf-owned moving company. See their ad on
the DeafDigest web site. Anyway this company
got a bad review – from a very senior citizen
customer, who complained that the movers were
deaf! Is there a difference between a Deaf Muscle
and a Hearing Muscle? No difference. Said
the angry owner – this customer is stupid!

 
— Canada Revenue Agency copies IRS bad attitude

Canada Revenue Agency, same as our IRS, has
this same bad attitude. IRS refuses to accept
relay calls from the deaf. Now Canada Revenue Agency
is doing the same thing. Mitchell LaFrance, who
is deaf, wanted to use a relay service to
communicate with the agency on a tax matter.
The Canadian agency refused to accept this
relay call, and LaFrance is very angry about it.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 23, 2015

— the best deaf chef

Is Kevin Delbert the best deaf chef in the world?
He is an American, and is competing against seven
other deaf chefs from other nations right now
at the 2015 International Deaf Chef Competition
in Denmark. To take a look at Delbert’s unsmiling
face, go to:

http://deafdigest.com/2015-our-best-deaf-chef/

— a well known manufacturer is being honored

Ultratec, was noted first for its popular Superphone
TTY in the early eighties. Years later this company
came up with the CapTel Captioned Telephone. The
Madison Magazine (Wisconsin) just ran a piece on
honorees for its M List 2015: Social Innovation.
Among these praised honorees is Ultratec.

 
— the changing Broadway

The buzzword on the Broadway right now is diversity.
As part of the diversity theme, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening
play has been mentioned. The question behind this
diversity buzzword is – will it attract new audiences?
DeafDigest hopes it will.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 23, 2015 morning

— deaf to learn how to motorcycle

The National Motorcycle Safety Fund has set up
money for interpreters in motorcycle training
classes to help the deaf to learn these riding
skills. We do, however, have one deaf motorcycle
instructor – Louis Caplan. Not sure if he is the
only one or if there are others around.

— another honor for Marlee

Marlee Matlin will be the national ambassadors
for Kids’ Night on Broadway 2016. It was
announced by The Broadway League. It is to
encourage children to watch plays for free
when accompanied by an adult that pays full
price ticket. Marlee said it is a big honor
inasmuch as she dreamed, at the age of 7,
of being an actress.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 22, 2015

— good news for deaf TV fans

All TV sitcoms get canceled some day, but
for Switched at Birth, this series will continue
for another year. This was what the ABC Family
announced. This means the character played
by Katie LeClerc will get into more fights and
squabbles, like all young people do.

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http://deafdigest.com/school-rebellion/

 
— in Japan, hard of hearing, yes; deaf, no

Japan’s National Police Agency made an announcement –
that hard of hearing individuals can obtain
taxi-driving and bus-driving licenses. Deaf? No,
because they do not use hearing aids. This was the
condition for getting the license. For sure, the
Japanese Federation of the Deaf is not going to like it.

 
— criminal gets away with it

Louise McDougall, not deaf, assaulted a deaf man in
Great Britain. He filed assault charges. This case
went to trial and the woman was freed – even though
everyone knew she assaulted the deaf man. Her
attorney protested that the deaf man “knew” the
sign language interpreter, and so, the interpreting
role cannot be made neutral! Would this happen
in USA? Many certified interpreters are well known
in the Deaf Community, yet they maintain neutrality.
Apparently British justice looks on it differently.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 22, 2015 morning

— Halloween unfriendly to deaf

Is Halloween itself friendly to deaf? Yes. But many hearing
Halloween theme places are not friendly to the deaf.
Same old issue – no interpreters, no captions, no
nothing, etc! Halloween themes at some schools
for the deaf are always-deaf friendly. An example
is Oregon School for the Deaf.

 
— YouTube Red and the deaf

Youtube is coming up with something new – paid subscription
service. The name of this service is YouTube Red. Since
it is so new, we have to wait and see if captions being
being used. This is what many deaf people are wondering.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 21, 2015

— Topps’ sports cards

Topps is well known for its cards – baseball, football, basketball,
hockey players, etc. And this company is coming up with special
cards that feature disabled athletes that have played professionally.
Two deaf baseball players are being featured – Dummy Hoy and
Curtis Pride.

for a picture of one past card:
http://35.182.75.222/unusual-baseball-card/

— hearing movies in sign language

Could a hearing movie be shown in sign langauge, instead of
captions? India is trying to come up with sign language to
tell the deaf what the actors are saying on the screen.
How is this possible? Sign language box at the bottom
corner of the screen or interpreter standing next to
the screen? Do not know!

 
— another Starbucks discrimination lawsuit

A couple of years back, a group of deaf people
in New York filed a discrimination lawsuit against
Starbucks. They are saying baristas wouldn’t serve
them coffee because of their deafness. Do not know
what has become of the lawsuit – but anyway
there is another one – a fired deaf employee, in
Arizona, has filed a job discrimination lawsuit.
To make a long story short, the women’s old supervisor
liked her and took care of her. The new supervisor
didn’t like her, and as a result, fired her,
saying her work weren’t up to standards.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 21, 2015 morning

— deaf case goes through jury selection

DeafDigest has mentioned from time to time that
a deaf driver and his family were trapped in
their car in middle of a “Zombie Walk”
parade last year in San Deigo. Some of
the parade participants jumped on the
car and banged on the windows. Scared,
the deaf driver sped away and hit a
hearing bystander. This case, vehicular
felony, is going to trial this week,
hence the jury selection.

— deaf cannot legally consent

A newspaper in Orange County, CA ran a story
about a paramedic, explaining how he
tries to move patients to urgent care
centers instead of the hospital
emergency rooms. He was said to have made
a comment – that is shocking – that
the deaf couldn’t legally consent
(as to where he would be taken to).
Did the paramedic actually say it
or did the reporter make it up?

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 20, 2015

— what has become of Miss Deaf America Pageant winner

The National Association of the Deaf no longer sponsors
Miss Deaf America Pageant. What has become of Rachel C.
Mazique, one of the last Pageant winners? A Gallaudet
graduate herself, she has just taken a new position at
NTID as the instructional/support faculty member
in Department of Liberal Studies. Her job is to
teach writing. For her most recent picture:

http://deafdigest.com/one-of-last-miss-deaf-america-pageant-winners/

— India officially scolds its own sports organization

A couple of weeks back, there was a story that, because of
political infighting, deaf athletes representing India
at the Asia-Pacific Deaf Games, had to sleep on the streets.
And to add insult to this indignity, the Taipei government
seized their passports to ensure payment of bills. It is
official now – the India National Human Rights Commission
has scolded the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,
demanding a detailed explanation of why it happened!

— script captions, yes; song captions, no

A class action suit has been filed against Disney, Fox,
Warner Bros, Paramount, Universal, Sony and Netflix.
While they would caption the movie scripts, they would
not caption the songs! What did the defendants have
to say about it? Nothing, apparently letting their
attorneys sort it all out.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 20, 2015 morning

— a surprise with Derrick Coleman

his suspension has been lifted by the Seattle
Seahawks. Will he play in the Thursday night
game? The doctors must clear him medically
first (concussion tests) just to be on the
safe side.

 
— deaf brother to stay, hearing sister to go away

Brother Vladimir Gongora is deaf. Sister Patricia
is hearing. They live with their parents in an
apartment in New York City. They came from El
Salvador, and they both crossed the border to
join their parents, already living in USA.
The U.S. immigration court is saying deaf
brother can stay but hearing sister must
go back. Both of them have been very
close and she is the only one in the family
able to communicate with him (via homemade
sign language). The family is fighting the
deportation order.

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 19, 2015

— a magic hairpin to help deaf (picture)

Somebody invented a magic hairpin that is supposed
to help the deaf. With assistance of 3D printing
technology, a hairpin-looking device was built.
Inside that hairpin is a vibrator that converts
sound to help the deaf to hear better. We already
have as many as a dozen different vibrating
devices! A picture of the hairpin is at:

http://deafdigest.com/hairpin-helping-the-deaf/

— corporate executive has big deaf dreams

Eddy Chan left his job as marketing technology
officer with the Kimberly-Clark. His goal is
to create a start up company that will produce
high tech devices for the deaf. We will see
what he will come up with because we already
have hearing aids, flashing signalers, vibrators,
text-to-speech converters, speech-to-text-converters,
etc. We need something new, not a new mouse trap
supposedly to be better than the old mouse trap!

— still disappointed with Netflix captions

Netflix (and Amazon) are both supposed to offer
captions on all videos. Well, we need top quality,
perfectly placed captions. Is Netflix doing its
job? In some videos, captions flick on and flick
on so fast that if you blinked, you would miss it.
Also with other videos, the bottom task bar blocks
the captions, and sometimes it is impossible to
remove the task bar! Is bad captions better than
no captions at all?

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 19, 2015 morning

— a cruel fake deaf news

A hearing person posted on a fake-news web site
that deaf people have short life spans, that
they will depart us at younger ages than the
hearing. But those with alert eyes will notice
the date of the posting – October 26, 2015!

— treating the blind different from treating the deaf

In South Africa, there was a short newspaper
commentary about the public treating the blind
differently from treating the deaf. The public
treats the blind with kindness. But the public
treats the deaf with utter scorn. This is why
the deaf have to overcome it in order to move
on in life.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 18, 2015 morning

— deaf or Deaf becomes a new debate among the hearing!

There are deaf people that prefer the lower case d and
there are other deaf people that prefer the upper case D.
This decades-long debate has attracted the attention
of hearing people! There was a discussion with the
Chronicle of Higher Ed publication people as to whether
to give the deaf a d or a D!

— an international society honors a deaf invention

The Kairos Society encourages young entrepreneurs
to come up with something new. And at the recent
banquet, one deaf invention was honored – a
personal captioning app. Not sure if this app
will clean out these garbles but this is besides
the point!

 
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 17, 2015 morning

— a first-time election TV program in Canada

A first in Canada is ASL-signed TV program taking place
today! It is an interpreted interview covering the upcoming
Canadian election. In USA when Donald Trump says something,
we want to know what he is saying – the same as with the
Deaf Canadians with their own election!

 
— yet another Geeta surprise

The drama in India with deaf Geeta accidentally crossing
over the border and held by the Pakistan government for
some 15 years never stops to surprise us. It was learned
today that while being held in Pakistan, and hoping for
return to India some day, she has been a married mother
of a son! This was something that newspapers didn’t mention
for the past six months. Already, Bollywood producers
are talking about a movie based on her life (Bollywood
is India Hollywood)

 
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— Derrick Coleman’s mess reminds of a famous deaf person

Derrick Coleman is in a big mess. Seattle Seahawks
suspended him. Not easy to be deaf and famous.
At one time, a deaf singer was famous, #1 in the
world. Elvis Presley copied the deaf singer’s
stage movements. All of a sudden, he disappeared,
no longer famous (so many health, legal and personal
problems). Who was that famous deaf singer?

http://deafdigest.com/famous-deaf-singer/

Derrick and Deaf Singer, Both famous – both into problems!

Very sad.

— ASL in pharmacies

Why is ASL important in drug stores, while picking up
medicine? Many people have problems understanding
medicine instructions that pharmacists have to
spend a lot of time explaining what to do and what
not to with these medicines. More doctors’ offices
have interpreters. Not so with these drug stores!
This was an issue an advocate wrote in a newspaper
story.

 
— deaf person to fake being hearing

Many deaf people are forced to fake being hearing. It
is awkward when a hearing person traps you in the
corner of a room and talks your head off, and you
cannot lipread his locked lips! How to fake
being hearing? Use facial expressions, show fake
laughter or fake sorrow, copying the speaker’s
face. Not easy and not comfortable, though.

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— another deaf-friendly apartment opens up

We seem to be getting more and more deaf-friendly
apartments in USA. The latest one to open up
is the DePaul Rochester View Apartments in
Rochester, NY. The building has 61 units and
the staff knows ASL.

— Amazon joins Netflix

Amazon has agreed to caption nearly 200,000
videos, thus joining Netflix in a small
group of providers offering this same
service. Just hope the quality of captions
is great – because DeafDigest editor gets
the feeling that Netflix captions are not
always that great!

 
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— finally able to recognize family after several months (picture)

Geeta, a deaf girl, who accidentally strayed over the border
to Pakistan, from India, 15 years ago, was not allowed to return
to her native nation. For the past several months, both nations
were involved in a legal and emotional tug of war regarding
her case. Pakistan agreed that she can return home only after
she is able to recognize her family. Many families came
forward, saying Geeta is theirs! Geeta continued to say
no after no with these “fake” families. Finally she
said yes to one family, saying it is hers and that she
recognizes. Pakistan has promised to send her home
real soon. Her picture is at:

http://35.182.75.222/a-lost-young-deaf-woman/

— Nyle at perfect time

Deaf model Nyle DiMarco is on the America’s Next Top Model
TV program at the right time. It was just announced,
that after 12 seasons, this program will be cancelled!
If he waited until next year, there may be no model
program on TV.

 
— deaf for Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders is a hot Democratic candidate for
the presidency. Will he be nominated? Just have to
wait for the Democratic National Convention next
year. Deaf for Bernie Sanders? There is already
a group called – Deaf People for Bernie Sanders!
Possibly we may see other deaf groups behind other
presidential candidates?

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— a bad lipreading video spoof

there was a video production of bad lipreading
in New Zealand. People were saying things that
the deaf thought what they said. All of them
wrong and all of them funny. The goal is
to show the New Zealand government that deaf
people need TV captions. Coming up soon is
the World Rugby World Cup on television but
not captioned. Deaf people are angry but
the government is not convinced they need
captions. This is the reason for the video
spoof on bad lipreading.

— masters thesis in sign language

Could a deaf person use ASL instead of
written English with his masters
thesis? In USA, no, but in Japan, a
deaf masters candidate is using
Japanese Sign Language! He has been
encouraged by his advisor to use
sign language. It is about a topic
in Social Work.

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 14, 2015

— a fan given a 3-year ban (a picture)

Exeter City FC is a pro soccer team in Great
Britain. Few weeks ago this team played
against Hartlepool. The game was close
and exciting. Glen Mills, an avid fan,
was angry about a dirty play by an
opponent and shouted racial abuse at him.
The fans didn’t like it and told police
about it and he was arrested. The judge
banned him for three years from watching
Exeter City games! Mills is deaf, been
deaf since age of 5. A picture of him is at:

http://deafdigest.com/banned-deaf-soccer-fan/

— best and worst cities for employment of disabled

There was a survey by Wallethub, which rates cities
as best or worst in different categories for the
disabled. The 5 best cities for employment are:
Amarillo, TX, Fremont, CA, Huntington Beach, CA,
Oceanside, CA and Tacoma, WA. The five worst are:
Detroit, MI, Atlanta, GA, Augusta, GA, Stockton, CA
and Pembroke Pines, FL.

 
— hunger strike by a deaf person

A deaf woman has been on a hunger strike for nearly
10 days and so far she has lost over 11 pounds.
She is hoping to force a deaf school to change
from a hearing majority to a deaf majority
on its board of directors. What is interesting
is that she is staging her hunger strike over
thousand miles away from where the school
is located!

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— a deaf person’s back that vibrates

Could a deaf person’s back vibrate? Yes, if the
Neosensory Inc is successful. This company feels
that when the vest vibrates, it will help the
deaf person to hear better. Will it? We’ve known
of deaf front vibrating vests, wrists that
vibrate, but now this – a vibrating back vest!

— no winner since Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin won an Oscar while she was a young
actress years ago. We have had many deaf actors
and actresses – but none of them have won an
Oscar in any category since then. This was the
debate brought up by a disabled movie activist.

 
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— illegal jobs in India

A continuing scandal in India is child labor. The nation
has laws that do not permit young children work. The
laws are ignored because of poverty forcing children
to work to help support their families. There is a
picture of a deaf child, looking for minerals
(used for powders, mascara and lipstitcks):

http://deafdigest.com/picture-child-labor-india/

— reason screenwriter creates deaf characters for TV

screenwriter Toby Whithouse was interviewed on the
topic of deaf characters. He said he was thinking
of a deaf character that could “lipread” but
realized he could do better than that – by having
them use sign language! He said that he is thrilled
when hearing audiences identify these deaf actors
as actors, not as deaf actors.

 
— deportation may ruin a legal career

Nasir Abdullah is deaf and has been living in
Great Britain for nearly 10 years. His goal is
to become an attorney. He has passed all his
law classes and has already earned a law degree.
For some reason the British Home Office told
him he cannot stay because of his deafness.
And the judge seems to favor the Home Office!

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— be careful if you switch from old job to new job

A deaf man, from Tennessee, was working at his old job
but was offered a new job that paid better. He left
his old job and when he reported to his new job,
he was told it was never offered him in the first
place! It was an employment agency that made
the promise but backed out. After being unemployed
for one week, he was able to get placed in a new
job with assistance of another agency. He is now
wiser with these false agency promises!

 
— a dangerous hearing aid battery

There was a story this morning of lithium
hearing aid batteries being dangerous. It is
flammable, and also toxic, if accidentally
swallowed by small children!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 12, 2015

— the state with most deaf-friendly pizzerias

Which state has the most deaf-friendly pizzerias?
It is California, with just two pizzerias!

Two pictures of these deaf-friendly California
pizzerias at:
http://35.182.75.222/california-two-deaf-friendly-pizza-places/

 
— deaf contestant trying for top 5

Nyle DiMarco, a deaf model, is seriously in contention
for the Top 5 among the TV’s Top Model program. Will
he make it? There are 6 models remaining. The
newspaper prediction said:

DiMarco appears to be a strong contenter for the top prize

— a most important thing hearing audiences must understand

When hearing people in the audience watch a deaf play
(Deaf West’s Spring Awakening is an example), the
most important thing that they must understand is that
not every gesture is sign language. This was the
comment made by hearing choreographer Spencer Liff
told a reporter during an interview. This is important
because some hearing people gesture wildly, hoping
the deaf person will understand – and in almost all
cases, they don’t!

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— Deaf Harassment or Deaf Hate

It is a big issue among deaf activists in Great
Britain – that police officers do not understand
the difference between Deaf Harassment and Deaf Hate.
If it is Hate, it is a crime and subject to arrest,
but if it is Harrassment, it is not a crime!

 
— Plasma job application discrimination case sent to jury

A while ago DeafDigest mentioned a deaf woman being
offered a job as a Plasma Technician and the job offer
being withdrawn when it was realized she was deaf.
She sued, but the employer won in district court.
She then appealed, and the decision is that this case
should go to jury. It has something to do with
deaf woman claiming blood plasma machines can be
outfitted with flashing signalers whereas the
employer disagreed! Anyway, the case is being
sent back to district court for the jury to decide.

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— self-employed interpreters, good or bad

Many interpreters are self-employed; they are their
own bosses. Is it bad? Well, many of them turn
down job requests during evenings and weekends,
when a deaf person is involved in an incident with
the police or with emergency personnel. This
was the complaint raised by a deaf leader in
Michigan.

— deaf rebel leader in Burma

There was a short story about Burma’s two warring
factions battling each other. It said that
Bo Nar Ma Kyar is the leader of one faction.
In Burmese language, Bo Nar Ma Kyar is
translated as Lieutenant Deaf. Not sure if
it is a deaf person or if it meant something
else? Googling showed up nothing about that
name.

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— stuff about President Cordano we didn’t know about

Roberta Cordano is the next Gallaudet president; stuff
we didn’t know about her? Her father was a much beloved
person in the Wisconsin Deaf Community; her mother
overcame deaf barriers to reach the top of her field
in Hospital Administration. The son of her deaf sister
Mary Cordano Dall is a student at Gallaudet, so
if she is called “Aunt Bobbi” then it is understandable.
The Cordano sisters gave a performance at the National
Fraternal Society 100th anniversary banquet that
received a standing room only applause from the
audience!

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— AT&T is telling T-Mobile & Sprint they were wrong

AT&T is now offering deaf wi-fi services; T-Mobile
and Sprint both refused and it blew up in their face
because FCC has told AT&T to go ahead with it.
Angry T-Mobile and Spring are now saying that AT&T
did not really follow the rules, despite winning
approval from FCC. Sour gripes? Yes!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 8, 2015

— a storm-alerting device

There is a storm-alerting device. What does it look like?
Take a look at the picture:

http://deafdigest.com/storm-alerter-for-deaf/

 
— fired for an insult

An employee in Atlanta, GA, made a racist comment
about a fellow employee’s child. That child was
also deaf. This employee posted an inappropriate
comment on Facebook about the child’s race and
his deafness. The employer was not too happy
about it and fired him!

 
— an ambitious company has a deaf goal

Envi is a new company in South Bay, California.
It currently employs 35 deaf employees, which is
95 percent of its work force. It is a car wash
company that is 100 percent green, meaning
environmenal friendly. In the long run,
the company wants to expand nationwide
with the goal of 10,000 deaf employees!

 
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— council members that speak with backs facing the hard of hearing

In Durant, Oklahoma, a hard of hearing person (who can hear
with a hearing aid) scolded member of the town council during
its recent meeting. They were speaking with backs facing
that hard of hearing person. After she scolded them, people
in the room stood up and applauded the hard of hearing person!

 
— a program for the deaf to become nurse aides

The Delaware County Community College, in Pennsylvania,
has offered certificates for 13 deaf students, studying
to become nurse aides. All 13 are now hoping to find
employment as nurse aides. This program is the first
of its kind to be offered in Pennsylvania. Not sure
if it is the nation’s first such course.

 
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— deaf football player at Ole Miss has problems

Tee Shepard, who is deaf, was supposed to be a great player
with the University of Mississippi football team. Everyone
thought his deafness would not be a problem, but apparently
it is. He is very unhappy and it iis possible he may quit
the team! A picture of him is at:

http://deafdigest.com/picture-of-college-football-player/

 
— crazy bartending tales

Every bartender has crazy tales – these patrons with
problems and issues. One bartender, from Missoula,
Montana, said her favorite tale involved a deaf
patron that asked her to make a voice call for him
as a favor. She didn’t explain what it was all
about, but said it was something so crazy that she
never forgot about it for the rest of her life!
These such tales were written up in a newspaper
today.

 
— a weird deaf forklifting ban

Nicholas Siewertsen, who is deaf, was not allowed
to drive forklifts for the Worthington Steel Company
in Ohio. The human resources manager said deaf people
are not allowed to drive forklifts. But what was
so weird about it? He was hired as a forklift driver
in 2001 and continued in that job until 2011.
Why did he drive forklifts for ten years before
being banned? The company had a policy that did
not permit deaf forklift drivers, but it was
overlooked for ten years. Once the manager
found out about it, he ordered the deaf driver
to be transferred to another position at
lower pay! Siewertsen filed a lawsuit and the
district court agreed with him.

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— deaf produces best video

Isabelle Lim, a young deaf woman from Singapore, won the
first price at the World Digital Media Awards. She
beat out videos from Latin America and Europe.
The organization giving out these awards is the
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

 
— Taiwan seizes foreign deaf passports

The Asia Pacific Deaf Games, taking place right now in
Taiwan, is getting ugly behind the scenes. A group
of deaf athletes from India were forced to sleep
on the streets because they couldn’t get hotel
rooms. And when they finally got rooms, the government
got ugly and seized the athletes’ passports!
Something to do with Taiwan not trusting India
to pay for athletes’ hotel rooms!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 6, 2015

— Italian Sign Language menu for deaf diners

500 bars in Trieste, Italy will feature sign language
menus, showing signs for 14 different types of
beer, wine and coffee. This is a twist, because
deaf-owned bars would show sign language menus,
not hearing-owned bars! It was a project arranged
by Italian national deaf association and the local
Trieste government. You can see the menu at:

http://deafdigest.com/italian-sign-language-menu/

— deaf business owner’s biggest challenge

Alex Trukhin is a deaf owner of a clearning
service in Texas. In a recent interview, he
said being deaf is not the biggest challenge
in operating a business. The biggest challenge
is to run the business itself. He is correct
because all business owners, both deaf and
hearing have this same challenge!

 
— UCLA lectures will not allow non-student viewers

In the past UCLA allowed non-students to view videos
of some lectures. This privilege has been suspended.
Why? Because they’re afraid of discrimination lawsuits,
filed by deaf non-students if the videos are not captioned!
Right now the administration is discussing this issue,
hoping to find a way to accommodate deaf non-students
without being sued!

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— World Health Organization says deaf people not normal

World Health Organization (WHO)is part of United Nations (UN).
According to UN, deaf people are equal to hearing people,
just that they cannot hear. Well, the WHO is saying
deaf people are not normal. This international agency
issued a press release which said “over 90 per cent deaf
children are born to normal parents” – meaning ten
percent of deaf are not normal! WHO contradicting UN?

 
— always frustrated with “deaf section” at big events

At many big events (musical concerts, for example)
there is a “deaf section” where interpreters stand
up and do the interpreting. In many cases, it is
frustrating – because it is located so far from the
stage. Difficult for the deaf to focus on the
interpreter and action on the stage at the same time!

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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 5, 2015

— comments about a deaf chef

Kurt Ramborger, who appeared on one “Chopped” TV program
continues to be one of the nation’s better known deaf
chefs. He did not start at the top. He started at the
bottom – as a dishwasher. He had to learn skills
with the knife. Then over the years he moved up the
ranks from line cook to sous chef to head chef
and as caterer. He told the Chopped judges –
you don’t need ears to cook; maybe it was an
insult because hearing chefs use ears to listen
for sizzle on the stove. A picture of him working
on food at one of his past restaurants is at:
http://35.182.75.222/the-deaf-chef/

 
— any time real soon the announcement will be made

The announcement of the new Gallaudet president will
be made real soon. When? Do not know, but sooner than
we may think! Who will be the new president? Again,
do not know – lets’ take a look at the strengths of
these three finalists:

* one knows how to ask questions that will get answers

* one has charisma and relates to people

* one understands the complicated budget

What are their weaknesses? Forget it, we all have
our own weaknesses! The board of trustees, however,
will decide on just one of them.

— anger at a TV program with deaf actor and interpreter

Hard to believe, but something went terribly wrong
with a recent British Sci-Fi program Dr. Who that had
a deaf actor and an interpeter. The deaf actor was
doing fine, but the interpreter turned her back to
the screen while signing for the deaf actor. The
deaf in the TV audience could not see what the
interpreter was signing!

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— not too many “deaf” coins being minted

We have a “deaf” coin – the Grace Coolidge proof coin,
and not really too many of them have been minted
by the government – just 2315. Grace Coolidge was
not deaf but taught at Clarke School for the Deaf
before she married the future president. And as
a matter of irony, A-B-C fingerspelling was on
one side of the coin. Clarke School, an oral
school, did not allow sign language!

— The movie “A City of Sadness” was one of the best

“A City of Sadness” was a 1989 movie, shot in
Taiwan. It was about Chinese forces that fought
the Taiwanese forces. Actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai,
not deaf, played a fake-deaf role in that
movie. This deaf character fought for justice
during the Civil War. The Busan International
Film Festival voted this film as one of the
greatest Asian films ever.

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— impossible to miss the big fingerspelling card

We know of these wallet-sized fingerspelling cards,
pretty much common everywhere. But what about a
big card – that is table-sized? The ASL club
sponsors a weekly sign language session at the
Dining Hall on the campus of Wellesley College
(MA). Has it helped? A few students already picked
up good fingerspelling!

 
— Forbes says closed captions is valuable

Forbes, the magazine that CEOs and business people
read, says that closed captions is valuable,
not just for the deaf but for the hearing. There
are always keywords, spoken by voice, that
hearing people do not understand. A perfect
example is – Hurricane Joaquin. It is a keyword
that the deaf will catch for the first time, buta
hearing, rely on voice, may not know what it is
for the first time!

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— Contest judges overwhelmed by a deaf contestant

Italy has its’ own favorite TV program – Italia’s Got Talent.
Martina Giammarini, who is deaf, took part in a recent
program; her dancing skills won everyone’s heart, including
the judges. Everyone was amazed that she was able to feel
the vibrations to give a top notch performance, better than
her hearing contestants.

— Starkey sued by a fired executive

Starkey is one of the world’s biggest hearing aid
manufacturers. This company created waves by firing
several top executives, but would not explain why.
Many thought it was because of the Starkey-Clinton
money laundering scandal. Seems it is something
else – a power struggle between CEO Bill Austin with
his stepson Brandon Sawalich and the fired president
Jerry Ruzicka and Vice President Keith Guggenberger.
Seems that Ruzicka refused to promote the stepson,
and it led to a screaming match between the CEO
and the president. And Guggenberger, who was
fired, has filed a $11 million dollar lawsuit.
The drama never ends!

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— a best-selling deaf author

Amazon sells millions of books. One such book has become one
of Amazon’s best sellers. It is “Basketball Gods” as written
by Lance Allred, the NBA’s only deaf basketball player. Lance
is an interesting character – a just-retired basketball player
with many stories; one such story was a college basketball
coach mocking Lance’s deafness. He plaed a few games with
Cleveland Cavaliers and yes, was one of LeBron James’
teammmates. He played much of his professional career
overseas – in Japan and in Europe. Here is a picture of
him in one of these basketball uniforms:

http://deafdigest.com/deaf-player-in-pro-basketball/

— deaf eyes vs hearing eyes

What is a Deaf Eye? What is a Hearing Eye? Hearing people
say deaf people show emotions while using sign language.
Deaf people say hearing people show no emotions while
using voice. So, it is the Deaf Eye and the Hearing Eye.

 
— a doctor hires the world’s worst interpreter

A deaf couple went to the doctor for an appointment.
The doctor hired an interpreter to help with
communications. That interpreter was not certified,
and really messed up the appointment. The deaf
couple is very upset about it. That bad interpreter
was employed by an interpreting agency. When
confronted with the bad interpreting issue, the
agency owner refused to comment. A lawsuit may
be pending.

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— India tells their deaf athletes to sleep on the streets

India is a booming nation, but they won’t share the money
with the deaf. At the Asia-Pacific Deaf Games at Taipei,
a group of 30 deaf athletes from India have been
sleeping on the streets. The Sports Authority of India
refuses to help pay for their athletes stay at a hotel!
Why? Same old story – selfishness and politics, with
a lot of fingerpointing and blame at each other.

 
— anti-deaf AT&T angry at pro-deaf Sprint and T-Mobile

anti-deaf AT&T is angry at pro-deaf Sprint and T-Mobile.
AT&T wants to avoid giving options for the deaf users
with its Wi-Fi calling services. But both Sprint and
T-Mobile both are offering options to the deaf. AT&T
has accused both of illegally offering these Wi-Fi
services!

 
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— an amazing drummer

Ajiki Toshiyuki is a drummer, performing at
theatrical events. He is amazing – not because
he is deaf, but is also deaf-blind! He has
a hearing musician stand behind him, tapping
on the drummer’s shoulder to let him know
to start drumming or to stop drumming.

A picture of him is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-blind-drummer/

 
— a sign language kiosk at a California pizzeria

If you live in Newport Beach, California, and are in
mood for a pizza, and hate to write notes back and
forth or to point at the menu, then there is a
kiosk at Pizza Bar. Just press the kiosk button
and you will see an interpreter on the screen.
You order your pizza and then wait for it to
be delivered to you! It is a new feature that
will take place next week.

 
— revising job descriptions to help the deaf

The Lemon Tree Hotels is a chain of nearly 30 hotels
in bigger cities in India. The hotel policy is to
hire the deaf. This chain makes it a point to
revise job descriptions to help the deaf function
well on the job. An example is placing the deaf
in noisy rooms, or to have the deaf work on
computers instead of front desk jobs. This hotel
just won the Asian Human Capital Award 2015 for
their efforts to hire the deaf.

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— a SWAT member wins disability award

A late-deafened British member of a SWAT team was fired from
his job because of his hearing loss. He filed a lawsuit
to get his job back. He half-won, half-lost. He was not
able to get his job back but he was awarded full
disability.

— a national problem with deaf prisoners

Deaf prisoners, and we have too many of them,
have problems with interpreting services and
getting relay services. They also have another
problem, that has not been getting much attention
lately. Many deaf prisoners have been physically
abused, not by their fellow cellmates, but by
guards. When guards yell at them, they get angry
when the deaf prisoners do not respond. As a
result, these guards get physical with them.

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