DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 2, 2016
-- a TV commercial on cars for the deaf
We always see TV captioned commercials on new
cars. But Fox Automotive, a Detroit dealership
has come up with a twist. Their commercials
are signed. Doing the signing is Rick Hodges,
the General Manager of Fox Automotive's
VW and Toyota dealerships. Rick is ASL-fluent.
He said deaf customers loved it. A picture
is at:
http://35.182.75.222/signed-tv-car-commercials/
-- deaf participation in the Chess Olympiad
Starting today in Azerbaijan is the Chess
Olympiad (hearing), involving 182 teams.
One of these teams is from the International
Chess Committee of the Deaf. Tnis deaf group
consists of best deaf players from all over
the world. They may not know each other's
sign language to communicate but they can
communicate in chess-talk! This is a special
rule by the Chess Olympiad that allows the
deaf, the disabled and the blind teams
to compete against all other national
chess teams! It is same as Deaf International
Athletic group competing in the Hearing
Olympics. It has never happened, except Chess.
-- an addition to Deaf House
In a Deaf House, a deaf resident is supposed
to see everything around him, with no barriers
and to feel the vibrations. One thing is
missing - sounds! To overcome lack of sounds,
a new company is coming up with a set of
devices that will alert the deaf to all
kinds of sounds they would otherwise be
unaware of. This would be a perfect fit
for the Deaf House.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- a twist helped pass a free tty law
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
08/28/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
