DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - April 4, 2017
-- rookie police officer fascinated with ASL
Sgt. Andrea Cruz was a rookie officer with the
New York Police Department and became fascinated
with ASL after seeing an interpreter with a deaf
person. That was 12 years ago and she decided to
take interpreting classes during her off-duty
hours. Fast forward today, she interprets for
the deaf, as part of the Detective Bureau and
the Hostage Negotiation Team. And if she stops
a deaf driver on a traffic stop, she gives them
deaf card visors. She is rare - because almost all
police officers do not attend interpreter training
classes. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/interpreter-serving-as-police-officer/
-- deaf woman fights to drive a truck
Frankye Helbig, a deaf woman, wanted to become a
truck driver. State of Florida said no. After a
legal battle, helped by her attorney, she was
able to take truck driving classes at a local
college. After 320 hours of classes, she took
a commercial driver's tests. The federal
and state transportation officials watched
her - and still she passed them all, even
without an interpreter! She is now looking
for a truck driving job. Her husband, not
deaf, is a truck driver and they both
dream of buying a truck and seeing the
USA together!
-- deaf as marine biologist
There was a newspaper interview about a
deaf man, who wanted to become a marine
biologist. He was told that deaf people
cannot become a marine biologist. He
gave up and is working in a different
profession. This is puzzling and
disappointing, for we have a number
of deaf in the marine biology field.
If one tells a deaf person he cannot
be something, then research it to find
out if it is true or not.
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- truck driving comments about deafness
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
4/02/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
