DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 3, 2013
-- good news for deaf individuals that want to be truck drivers
Earlier this year the federal government allowed only 40 interested
deaf truckers to drive trucks. Now, the federal government may
allow more and more deaf truckers to drive trucks. The Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration said they are willing
to accept applications from future deaf truckers. This is great
news.
-- Derrick Coleman and NFL's craziest touchdown in history!
As mentioned in yesterday's DeafDigest, Derrick Coleman,
who is deaf, was going to play in last night's game between
his Seattle Seahawks team and the New Orleans Saints. He
scored a touchdown, the first and only deaf player in NFL
history to make a touchdown (Bonnie Sloan and Kenny Walker,
past deaf players, played defense). The way Derrick scored
was probably the craziest touchdown in NFL history! A pass
was thrown to a teammate. The ball, however, hit the
teammate on his face mask and bounced up in the air.
Derrick, who was nearby, grabbed the ball and dived in
for the touchdown. It was the buzz of the evening.
Oh, yes, Seattle won the game easily, 34-7
-- a Deafville village
In Dadhkai, a hidden village in the northern part of
India, there are 47 families in one neighbhorhood.
Each single family has at least one deaf family
member. Altogether, that village has 92 deaf
individuals. This has been going on since 1931.
Why the high numbers of deaf people in that
village? Just one word - interbreeding! This
problem will get worse before it gets better.
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12/01/13 Blue edition at:
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12/01/13 Gold edition at:
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