DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, July 4, 2014
-- South Carolina sheriff insults the deaf
A newspaper story ran this morning about the Union County
(South Carolina) making plans to install text-to-911
services. While discussing this with a newspaper reporter
Union County Sheriff David Taylor said "What we have now
is for people who are deaf-mute." Very possibly the
sheriff was not aware of it but calling us deaf-mute is
an ultimate insult. Not too far from Union County is South
Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. Perhaps the
Union County government needs to send Taylor to the
school for an attitude adjustment!
-- a sign language restaurant in Toronto
opening up on July 16th is Signs Restaurant, located
at Yonge and Wellesley in Toronto. While the owners
are hearing, the servers in this restaurant are all
deaf. Hearing patrons will order their meals through
a cheat sign language cards. The restaurant theme is
"where noise meets silence." Hopefully the owners
will give opportunities in the restaurant as chefs,
shift managers, general managers and maître d'.
We do not want to see deaf employees locked into
dead end jobs with no chances for promotion and
better pay!
-- a legendary deaf athlete retires again
For the second time within three years, deaf Ultimate
Fighter Matt Hamill has retired. Why? His fighting
injuries would not go away. We will remember Matt
for two accomplishments. He was the rare college
wrestler that won three national championships in
three different weight classes. And also for defeating
Jon Jones, the best Ultimate Fighter ever. Yes, it
was a win by disqualification but it is Jones'
only defeat.
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