Posts published in December 2017
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 29, 2017
— many hard of hearing attorneys unaware of something
Many hard of hearing attorneys struggle with their
deafness in the court room. They don’t use
ASL. CART is the only way for them. But many of
them never heard of CART. A hard of hearing
attorney saw a deaf attorney using CART and
asked what it was. The deaf attorney told him
CART is a must but he must ask the courts for
it, and that courts won’t give it to him if
he doesn’t ask for it!
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/must-have-cart/
— option often overlooked in airline reservations
Passengers making reservations have the options
of getting accommodations. Many of them either
overlook it or ignore it. If deaf passengers
don’t request accommodations, airlines may not
know about their deafness. One airline said
deaf passengers can refuse deafness accommodations!
— many jobs or no jobs
A newspaper headline today said:
2018’s challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workers
Many available jobs for deaf jobseekers? Yet,
many deaf people are not employed! Why?
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf man employed in the oil fields
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/24/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 28, 2017
— a surprising comment about the deaf and the travel
Deaf people love to travel. We have quite a few deaf travel
tours; we have deaf people that are travel professionals;
we even have one deaf man that traveled to 107 nations,
and so on. Yet, it is surprising to see a comment by
someone:
I think that deaf people often think that it’s complicated
to leave the house, because they need support
That comment was not made by a hearing person but
by a deaf man! A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/fascinating-way-to-travel/
— horror story in hospital
A deaf person was admitted to a hospital. He
requested an interpreter; the interpreter
showed up and interpreted the communications
betweeen the doctor and the deaf patient.
The interpreter then left for his next
assignment. Suddenly the deaf person became
ill; the doctor rushed to his bed, but no
interpreter was around to explain what was
wrong. These are nightmares that hospitals
hate to deal with.
— deaf immigrants learning ASL
One ASL teacher said that many deaf immigrants
have never been formally educated. The ASL
they learn becomes their first language.
This comment was made by ASL teacher, not in
USA but in Canada. Because of tougher laws
on immigration in USA, more deaf immigrants
instead go to Canada.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— interpreter and the deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/24/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
— helping ASL and get paid for it
ASL signers needed to help with a project about fingerspelling
We are researchers in the sign language linguistics lab at the University
of Chicago (Prof. Diane Brentari, Director), seeking ASL signers to help
us with research about fingerspelling in ASL.
Signers will be paid to help us annotate examples of fingerspelling from
videos, using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service.
These annotations will contribute to a project working towards developing
software that can interpret fingerspelling automatically from videos.
Description of work
— As a worker on the project, you would watch videos in ASL and mark the
fingerspelling you see in each video.
— All work is done on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service and workers on the
project are paid for each video they complete.
— This is a great way to earn some extra money, and can be done anytime and
from anywhere.
How do you start?
1. Create an account as a worker on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk at: ty
https://www.mturk.com/worker
2. Search for: ASL Fingerspelling Project
3. Complete a short training
4. Begin annotating videos
Have questions or want to learn more? Email us at
asl.fingerspelling.project@gmail.com
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 27, 2017
— making the list of 2017 Best Movies
A Florida newspaper movie critic made his list of
best movies of 2017. One deaf movie is on the
list – Wonderstruck, which is currently showing
nowadays in theaters all over USA. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/best-2017-movies/
— Gallaudet/Peace Corps agreement
Gallaudet has reached agreement with the Peace
Corps to train interested students that wish
to volunteer for this federal service program.
In the past there were some Gallaudet graduates
that served in the Peace Corps – but it was on
their own without help or involvement from
Gallaudet. This agreement makes it official
the Gallaudet involvement.
— The Boston Public Schools may face lawsuits
The Boston Public Schools is worried about lawsuits.
One reason is not encouraging input from the deaf
community on educational needs of deaf studnets!
Keep in mind no one likes the idea of decisions
made on their behalf without consulting them
first. This is called – input.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf woman is a TV news reporter
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/24/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 26, 2017
— deaf actress and her hands
A deaf actress made this comment:
Using my hands to find my voice
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-actress-and-her-hands/
— deaf divided in half in a church
A deaf person who attends worship services regularly
in a deaf-operated church told DeafDigest editor
something interesting. The church is attended by
deaf people that graduated from deaf schools and
also by mainstreamed deaf people. Do they mingle
together? No – one half of the church is seated
by mainstreamed people and the other half by
those from deaf schools. And even during the
after-service reception, both groups are still
split apart! He said he was not too happy about it.
— news programs captions
Deaf people watching captioned news programs may
not realize one thing. It is that when the program
shows people from other nations, the captions are
in English, but the voices these people speak are
not in English! Hearing people know it, but many
deaf people don’t know it.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— chess is a dangerous sport
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/24/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 25, 2017
— shortage of hospital interpreters, true or not true
A hospital complained of shortage of interpreters.
An interpreting agency was puzzled, saying they have
plenty of interpreters available for duty. Who
is telling the truth? A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/interpreter-shortage-fact-or-fiction/
— consultant says “know your ADA rights”
In a workshop, a consultant told the participants
that they must know their ADA rights, meaning
knowing which states obey and which disobey
ADA laws. And the same goes for which private
businesses and public facilities follow ADA
and which don’t. This means who captions and
who doesn’t and who provides interpreters and
who doesn’t!
— need to be careful before taking I/T job
Many I/T employers are not deaf friendly.
While there are ADA laws, the working
environment is often unfriendly and
hostile. And promotional opportunities
are often lacking for these deaf employees.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— insurance companies past discrimination against deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/24/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 22, 2017
— hospital interpreter versus hospital VRI
Deaf patients love interpreters; hospitals
love VRI. What are the facts? One hospital
said with interpreters, cost is about
$67.00 per hour, but with VRI cost is
$26.00 per hour. Do hospitals want to save
money, even when it causes deaf patients
communication discomfort? A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/hospitals-try-to-save-money/
— some deaf happy with isolated lives
A deaf person said:
I prefer to stay home and do things I enjoy
than to attend a hearing party where no one
comes to me to communicate with pen and pad.
— best news for young deaf kid that loves a movie
A young deaf kid wanted to watch the movie
“The Last Jedi” that was advertised as
captioned. The ticket his mother bought said
it would be captioned. But when arrived
at the theater, the captions were turned off.
The theater did not want to make hearing
patrons angry if the showing was captioned.
The family confronted the theater management,
and they all reached an agreement to have
the deaf kid watch a private showing of the
movie with captions turned on!
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf crook almost became rich man
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/17/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 21, 2017
— an interpreter that disappeared
A deaf family filed a complaint against Prince George’s Hospital
Center in Maryland, close to Washington, DC. A family member
was going through an operation. The family asked the hospital for
an interpreter. After four days of waiting, the interpreter finally
showed up, but only stayed around for few hours. Just as when
the doctor showed up, the interpeter disappeared! This complaint
may lead to legal action over ADA violations. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/the-missing-person/
— deaf person serving on jury
There was a big story recently in Ireland about
a deaf person serving as a juror in a criminal
case. It said he was the first person in
Ireland to ever serve on a jury. A historian
did his research and found out that Ireland
had a deaf juror – 174 years ago in year 1843.
This means whoever says “only” deaf person
or “first” deaf person may need to do research
first!
— Healthcare newsletter says deaf patients love VRI
It is common knowledge that deaf people hate
Video Remote Interpreting. Yet the newsletter
published by FierceHealthCare says that deaf
patients love VRI! Does DeafDigests believe
it? No!
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf woman involved in cosmetics
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/17/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 20, 2017
— a technical difficulty joke
Chris Haulmark, who is deaf, is running for the Congress
as the Democratic candidate from The Third District in
Kansas. He is competing against three Democratic
candidates. In a town hall event he was giving an
interpreted speech. Suddenly the interpreter’s microphone
was not working. Chris, taking the hint, ad-libbed, saying:
if the crowd would learn sign language, they would no
longer have to worry about technical difficulties
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/chris-haulmark-deaf-candidate-for-congress/
— deaf organizations opposing net neutrality
Americans are upset, especially the deaf community,
about the FCC rescinding net neutrality. How many
national deaf organizations have officially
opposed net neutrality, to the point of issuing
a Joint Statement? Nine separate deaf national
deaf organizations. Not on the list is AgBell.
Do not know why. Anyway, best bet is through
the courts since FCC will not listen to the
deaf.
— deaf school closing impacts a Deaf Community
In recent years we’ve had a few deaf schools that
closed up for good. We read stories of mainstreaming
opportunities for these students. Good stories?
Bad stories? Well, when the Saskatchewan School
for the Deaf (Canada) closed up, these students
were forced into mainstreamed programs. As a
result, many of them did not know how to
communicate; developed poor language skills;
were afraid to learn how to use sign language;
lacked development of social skills. A tragedy
it is.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— Pharmacy, perfect for deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/17/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 19, 2017
— deaf-owned business avoids Video Relay Service
Yesterday’s DeafDigest ran an article saying
that deaf in customer service jobs face a problem.
A deaf owner of a growing nationwide business
told DeafDigest said he avoids Video Relay Service,
saying it is too slow and would turn off hearing
customers! Instead he uses a private call
center, operated by hearing customer service
representatives. He said everyone loves this
state of art system! A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/call-center-satisfaction/
— simple gestures
Many hearing people do not understand simple
gestures. It may also be possible that some
deaf people do not understand these same
simple gestures. A deaf person was carrying
a weapon – and the police officers said they
told him to drop it on the ground. The deaf
person did not respond, and the consequences
were tragic? Or was it possible that the
police officers used wrong gestures regarding
the weapon?
— court not knowing deaf person needed an interpreter
In Malaysia, a deaf man, accused of serious crimes,
was taken to the court. It was realized, in the court
room, that he was deaf. His court case was postponed
until they could find an interpreter for him. This
is puzzling. The police officers that arrested him
and put him into a holding cell being unaware of
his deafness??????
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— the 17th century hiring of the deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/17/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 18, 2017
— major movie chain kicks deaf out of a captioned movie
The Star Wars filming was captioned. Hearing people
complained. The manager then kicked out a group of
deaf viewers that wanted captions! It took place
in Brighton, Great Britain. The movie chain was
Odeon. The AMC (in USA) owns Odeon. The Odeon
web site said it supports the rights of the
disabled to have full movie access. A
picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/laughing-while-turning-off-captions/
— USA hates; Australia loves
We hate video remote interpreting services; we prefer
live one-on-one interpreting. Yet, deaf people in
Queensland, Australia are excited about video
remote interpreting in hospitals and medical
centers. Different nations; different attitudes;
different viewpoints!
— deaf in customer service jobs face a problem
There are deaf people in customer service jobs
(on-line chat). Hearing people use chat to
address their problems and issues and when
these are resolved, they are happy. It is
a different story if these hearing people
were aware that the customer service person
is deaf! They suddenly become uncomfortable.
This is what one survey revealed.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— SSDI facts
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/17/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 15, 2017
— deaf in dangerous factory jobs
Many factories are afraid to hire the deaf because
of safety issues. They can’t hear screams and
shouts of dangerous situations coming near them.
Yet, one factory, happy with deaf employees,
has a safety policy – never leave deaf alone.
In other words, deaf is always paired with the
hearing on work assignments. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/factory-safety/
— a new sign language law
After a long time, the deaf of Ireland got what they
wanted – government recognition of Irish Sign Language.
This law also said that only those that are certified
can serve as interpreters for the deaf. DeafDigest
is bringing this up because there were two recent
cases of fake-interpreters at public events in
Florida. These fake-interpeters were not arrested.
If it happens in Ireland, these fake-interpreters
would go to jail!
— the deaf and the barking dog
When a dog barks, hearing people know it and try
to stop it. But deaf people would not know it and
can get into trouble. A deaf woman owned three
dogs; two dogs were fine but the third one was
a barker. She was ordered to go to court for
that reason. She won the case – because the
barking dog was old and it would be cruel
to put it to sleep.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s updaate
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf agency cancels deaf law clinic
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/10/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 14, 2017
— teaching police wrong words in ASL
Many police officers want to learn some ASL to communicate
with the deaf. A recent incident was heart-breaking.
Two young deaf men taught a police officer some ASL
words – but these were wrong or prank signs! And
the police had no way of knowing that what they were
signing was wrong. The young deaf men may think it
is funny but to the police it is not funny. A
picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/teaching-police-some-signs/
— to hire a deaf actor and to forget him
A casting director admitted he wanted to hire a
deaf actor for an acting role. But once the
deaf actor is hired, everyone forgets about
him – no cues, no interpreters, no advice
on how to act better, no invitation to
actors’ social events, etc, etc!
— deaf-friendly but wrong courtroom
A new courtroom opened up in the Westchester
County (NY) Supreme Court. It was supposed
to be deaf-friendly – assistive listening
devices for the hard of hearing, real-time
CART reporting, tablets and laptops.
Only one thing is wrong – it is for the
Commercial Division – to settle business
disputes. What about civil and criminal
cases, forget it – same old courtrooms,
which may or may not be deaf friendly!
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— unlucky deaf criminals
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/10/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 13, 2017
— a TV show looks for deaf contestants
Sorry, it is not in USA, but in Great Britain.
The producers of the popular TV show – The Great British
Bake Off are looking for deaf bakers that can compete
against British’s best amateur bakers. It is believed
to be the first time a TV contest producer is looking
for deaf contestants. There are many contests on TV
in USA but these producers do not really look for
deaf contestants – possibly because of the interpreting
hassles! Anyway, a picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/amateur-bakers-on-tv/
— hopefully a deaf man will become the best BBQ pitmaster
Roy Lotz, who is deaf, has a goal some day – to beat the
best hearing BBQ pitmasters in Texas. He currently
owns his Roy’s Lotz of BBQ business, primarily focusing
on catering services in the Austin area – but with the
plan to grow into a full time BBQ pit stand. Competition
is keen because Austin is the hotbed of these independent
food vendors that serve these crazy and delicious meals!
— big irony with TV subtitles
Bancroft is a popular TV crime program. The big irony
is that many viewers (hearing) were forced to turn
on subtitles instead of listening to TV voices.
For some reason, actors were not speaking too well
and also because of technical difficulties with
sound. Bancroft is shown in United Kingdom.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— A puzzling arrest of a deaf man in Belarus
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/10/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 12, 2017
— deaf winner of the “Pastry Chef of the Nation” award
Andrew Price, who is deaf, is considered to be one of the
best pastry chefs in New Zealand, even winning the
“Pastry Chef of the Nation” honor. He makes gingerbread
houses, cookies and cakes, all of which are popular in
bakeries and food market stalls in Auckland. He is
not the only one in the family with these honors – his
deaf twin brother is also an award-winning chef in
Scotland. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/top-deaf-pastry-chef/
— Astronomy Sign Language
To encourage the deaf to get more interested in
Astronomy, the International Astronomical Union
has come up with nearly 50 different signs for
objects in space.
— Lyft could scare deaf passengers
A deaf person could ask for a Lyft ride and
be shocked when a self-driving car shows up.
How could a deaf person communicate with a
self-driving car? Technology is not 100 percent
perfect and what if the self-driving car took
the wrong route?
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— future interpreter that we hate
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/10/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 11, 2017
— hearing customers don’t read text messages
Yu Yahui, who is deaf, delivers food for a living
in China. He makes it a point to text his customers
in advance to confirm delivery and arrival times.
He has problems with hearing customers that don’t
read texts, thinking these were prank no-voice
calls! A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/problems-with-no-voice-texts/
— an ADA win is not really a win
There was a story today that many attorneys like
to file ADA lawsuits, because it means quick
money for them. The clients only get $500
on the average while attorneys get much more
in thousands of dollars. But what is worse –
is that captioning access is not always
increased despite these quick settlements!
— biggest captioning agency in USA
For years NCI and Caption Center were both the
biggest captioning agencies in USA. Not any more.
It is VITAC, which merged with Caption Colorado
earlier this year. Does size mean better and
best captions? Hope so.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— a movie possibly bringing painful memories for some
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/10/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 8, 2017
— big announcement by a deaf-owned pizzeria
Mozzeria, the deaf-owned pizzeria in San Francisco,
is planning to expand its business nationwide.
The goal is to provide deaf people with employment
in the pizza/restaurant industry. First deaf-owned
business to expand nationwide, or at least establish
a chain? Definitely, yes! Pictures are at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-mozzeria-pizza-tour-of-usa/
— not allowed to use ASL while crossing the street
Deaf people not allowed to use ASL while crossing
the street? Well, there is a law proposal in Ontario
(Canada) that would disallow “distracted walking” –
and this means ASL! Will this law pass? Will there
be police officers that watch for ASL people crossing
the streets?
— Tampa had a contract with interpreting agency
A Tampa police spokesperson said it was his fault
for “allowing” a fake-interpreter to interpret at
the press conference. The city had a contract with an
interpreting agency and when the woman showed up,
everyone assumed the agency sent her – in which
the agency never did! An angry person asked:
We have so many interpreting agencies and proficient
skilled interpreters here where did this person come
from and why did they not vet her appropriately?
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— reasons theaters object to interpreters
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/03/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 7, 2017
— deaf owner of a business in a small town
Ottawa, Kansas is a small town of some 12,000
people. In downtown Ottawa is a business called
Salon 101. It is owned by Angie Arnett. She
has been deaf all her life. The salon offers
services in hair cuts, coloring, highlights,
nails, pedicures, manicures and massages. Her
deafness? She said:
I can hear with hearing aids, but once I take
them out, I hear nothing
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/ottawa-kansas-salon-owner/
— comments by a deaf attorney
Robert Hunter, who is deaf, is a partner
with a major law firm. He said law firms
say they do hire the deaf, but would not
give them big legal assignments, instead
giving them “easy” assignments. He said
this is discriminatory for it prevents
deaf attorneys from gaining experience
needed to move up the legal ladder.
He does not sign and uses CART all the
time.
— a past top Delaware athlete was deaf
Today there was a web posting about all-time
Top 10 past athletes from the state of Delaware.
#7 on the list was Ed Michaels, who played
in the NFL for eleven years. He was not able
to fight in the World War II because of his
deafness. While not mentioned in the article,
there is a tale about him. He had to take
off his helmet each time in the huddle to
hear signals from the quarterback. This
means he had to take off and put helmet
back on maybe 60-65 times per game! In
every day life he had to strain to catch
each word. It was not known if he wore
a hearing aid or not.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf prisoner and parole issues
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/03/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 6, 2017
— second time Florida suffers huge embarrassment
Do fake interpreters love Florida? Only a few weeks ago
a fake interpreter (actually a life guard) showed up
at a Manatee County press conference and signed
words such as pizza and bear monster. This time
in the city of Tampa, another fake interpreter
(a former prisoner) showed up at a press conference
and signed things no one could understand. Why
is this happening? Normally the agency asks the
interpreting agency; the assigned interpreter
shows up and confirms it with the contact person
before doing the interpreting. These procedures
were not happening at both Florida locations.
Why? A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/florida-second-fake-interpreter/
— Football: Gallaudet vs Ohio State University
Gallaudet vs Ohio State University in a real football
game? No way! But for design and beauty of football
helmets, the Gallaudet helmet is very competitive.
For the Gallaudet helmet to win (against Ohio State)
go to: http://helmettracker.com/national-championship/
— NOAA wants better tornado warning system for the deaf
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has
asked University of Alabama to come up with a better
tornado warning system for the deaf. We hope the
university will do the job for us.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— deaf heath issues if no interpreter
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/03/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 5, 2017
— deaf movie casting call
A movie is being made about Dummy Hoy, the famous deaf
19th century major league baseball player. A casting
call was announced. Nearly 150 people showed up, all
hoping to be selected for the movie roles. Do not
know how many of them are hearing and how many
are deaf. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-casting-call/
— many hearing employers think diversity is something bad
A deaf activist, in a newspaper interview, said many
hearing employers would not hire the deaf, feeling
that diversity is “something” bad. This is disappointing.
— deaf refused to give statement for police
There were several ugly incidents this past summer
in Warren, Michigan between several deaf individuals
and the police. The deaf asked for an interpreter
but the police wouldn’t find one for them. And
the police wanted the deaf to give them a written
statement regarding an incident they had with a
hearing neighbor. Again, the deaf group refused
without having an interpreter. One of the angry
police officers then wrote up a parking ticket
for them! This case has been sent to The U.S.
Attorney’s Office to see if ADA regulations
were broken.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— things about top deaf hotelier we didn’t know about
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/03/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 4, 2017
— Larry does not want deaf to watch plays with hearing people
Curb Your Enthusiasm is a crazy comedy TV program produced by
HBO. It was learned that Larry, the crazy leading character,
wanted to separate the deaf from the hearing while both
groups were watching a play. Why separation? A picture
is at:
http://deafdigest.com/separating-the-deaf-from-hearing/
— DAQ, a new game at some colleges
What is DAQ? Spelled out in full, it is Disability
Awareness Quotient. Questions are thrown at the
audience at some college disability awareness
workshops, and answers are in True or False
responses. A sample question would be like this –
All hearing people hate closed captions?
True or False?
— CART problem is same as interpreter problem
A deaf attorney that uses CART has a problem.
When he follows the captioned version of
cross-table communications, it does not tell
him who made that statement. It is the same
as deaf person trying to keep track of who
said during these interpreted communications.
CART problem. Interpreter problem. Same thing!
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— Mistake and insult
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/03/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – December 1, 2017
— story about need for deaf prisoners to have relay access
Everyone that works in the prisons read the Correctional News.
And it ran a story that was titled:
How to Meet the Communication Needs of Deaf Inmates
It probably is the first time that Correctional News
explained what the deaf prisoners need. Hopefully this
article will make more prison officials aware of of
deaf prisoners’ needs. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/prison-news/
— deaf employee in hearing culture
A deaf man was fired from his job. The employer said:
he did not fit the culture of the workplace
Culture of the workplace? Office gossip; office
humor; office teasing; surrounding the boss and
laughing at his jokes; talking about sports, news
and politics; office parties, etc, etc.
The deaf man filed a lawsuit – and won!
— accessibility is not just interpreters and captions
A deaf advocate said accessibility means more than just
providing interpreters and captions. Accessibility means
hearing attitude improvement, making stores and shops
deaf friendly, more meaningful jobs for the deaf,
better educational opportunities; better social
services; better police handling of deaf at traffic
stops, etc.
Latest deaf jobs – today’s update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry’s collections of past articles (with today’s update)
— internet’s early days
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
11/26/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/