DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 2, 2015
-- students and teachers trapped at deaf school
Worst flood in 100 years damaged a school for
the deaf, leaving 100 students and teachers
stranded. Electricity has been cut off;
there is no food because of the damaged
kitchen. This school is located in
Chennai, India. Emergency response people
plus the military is now trying to rescue
those stranded at the school. Making the
rescue efforts more difficult is that
the city is practicaly shut down. And
heavy rains have continued.
the picture of the flooded school is at:
http://deafdigest.com/trapped-deaf-school/
-- deaf uncomfortable with interpreters
The Harvard newspaper printed a long story about
deaf students at the university. One interesting
comment was that deaf students without deaf identity
are uncomfortable with interpreters. Those with
deaf identity are happy to have interpreters.
-- valuable pieces of land in Texas
Texas School for the Deaf is located in probably
the most expensive part of Austin, a booming
city. Legislators drooled over selling parts
of the school land for private development.
They backed off when the deaf community threatened
to make it a nasty fight. Just how expensive
is the land? Deaf historian/researcher Steve
Baldwin said:
You bet they wished they had kept their houses and
land that they purchased for $15,000 and now are worth
a million bucks!.
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