DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - May 3, 2017
-- deaf-owned business becoming hearing-friendly
Deaf people are always looking for shops and stores
that are deaf-friendly. When hearing customers enter
a deaf-owned business they worry if it is
hearing-friendly! DeafDigest has mentioned
Pepperbox Coffee (Austin, TX) a couple of times
in the past. It tries to be hearing-friendly. When
hearing people order coffee, they are prompted to
the wall menu where deaf baristas can see, or use
white dry-erase boards. Many deaf-owned businesses
use hearing employees to communicate with the public.
This is why Pepperbox Coffee has a big challenge -
100 percent hearing-friendly. Another picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/hearing-friendly-coffee-cafe/
-- a puzzling state legislator
Arizona state Rep. Lela Alston is becoming
more and more late-deafened. She admitted
it was more difficult for her to follow
discussions on the floor re proposed
bills. She also said hearing aids do
not help much. This is the reason she
does not participate in discussions.
This is a puzzler - why wouldn't she
ask for real-time captions? Too
proud or too embarrassed to reveal
her deafness or being in self-denial?
Years ago Maryland had a deaf legislator;
not able to follow discussions, she got
bored and often did sewing of her clothes
on her legislator's table!
-- a famous movie and the deaf needs
One of the most famous movies ever made was
Fahrenheit 451 (produced in 1966). It is
about a dictatorship government burning
all books that citizens own and read.
Is it the same as University of California
taking down all videos just to avoid
captions? Probably so!
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- Deaf Excavation
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
4/30/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
