DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 4, 2013
-- a hearing relay operator costs AT&T $3.5 million dollars
Constance Lyttle, not deaf, was a AT&T relay operator, who
complained that AT&T was illegally billing the government for
making improper relay calls (these Nigerian scam calls). AT&T
fired her and she filed a lawsuit. She won - AT&T will pay
her $3.5 million dollars to settle the case, and to pay her
$525,000 under whistleblower laws. Yet, AT&T continues to say
they were innocent!
-- A big honor for a deaf woman by the United Nations
Liisa Kauppinen, a deaf Finnish woman, was awarded the
Prize in the Field of Human Rights by the United Nations.
It is believed to be the highest honor the UN would confer
on a deaf individual. She has always been active on behalf
of deaf rights in her nation and worldwide. UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-Moon will personally give her the award
on December 10th. Said Liisa "This is a big surprise."
-- an all-deaf fashion show
Could an all-deaf fashion show be successful? Oshiro Saki,
a deaf Japanese woman, thinks so. She is arranging for
50 deaf women from everywhere in Japan, to walk the stage
at the Naha Airport in Osaka this coming Saturday. She said
"I would like to show to the world that a deaf person is
able to do in society like a hearing person."
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12/01/13 Blue edition at:
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