DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - August 4, 2017
-- seven hour deaf wait in hospital in Spain
A deaf man was admitted to an emergency room
in a hospital in Spain. The front desk knew
that the patient was deaf - but never bothered
to find an interpreter for him or to make sure
he would be admitted when his turn came up.
Instead the emergency room staff used a
loudspeaker and repeatedly shouted out his
name for --- seven ---- hours! This incident
hit the newspapers, much to the embarrassment
of the hospital! A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/loudspeaker-in-spain/
-- White House tells ADA web site projects to slow down
The Department of Justice, under direction of the
White House, is slowing down its enforcement
of ADA-complaint web sites. What this means
is that deaf-unfriendly web sites will continue
for some time. Not good news for us.
-- confession by a famous deaf man
Deaf celebrity Nyle DiMarco has a confession -
that during the America's Next Top Model
TV contest, he felt lonesome and out of
place while living in-house with other
contestants. No one wanted to mingle with
a deaf person. Fortunately he overcame
these feelings and became a worldwide
celebrity.
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- dental association president
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
7/30/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
