DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 4, 2013
-- rival national deaf organizations working together
Could NAD, AgBell, HLAA, TDI, ALDA, RID and other organizations
agree together on a legislative bill? Almost impossible? Yes.
But in England, there are different national deaf organizations
that are working together on one parliamentary bill. Why and how?
British MP Sir Malcolm Bruce, a strong supporter of the rights
and needs of the deaf, is retiring. He wants to introduce his
final parliamentary bill and has asked these rival organizations
to help him with it! Will it be successful? MP Bruce is hopeful.
-- a typical day of an interpreter in Washington, DC
What is a typical day of an interpreter in Washington, DC?
There is no such a thing as a typical day. A freelance interpreter
said one day he may interpret for a meeting at a government
agency, the next day, interpret for a political rally, and
the next day, for a patient at a doctor's appointment.
-- a deaf competitor in a big bodyboarding event
At the Rio Bodyboarding International 2013 event in Brazil,
over 150 competitors will take part, all of them hoping
to be the best in facing these huge ocean waves without
losing balance. One of the competitors is Luciano Cunha,
a local Brazilian. He is deaf and he qualified for the
big event by qualifying in the sectionals. How important
is that event? It is part of the 2014 IBA World Tour
Grand Slam Series. The association said he is the first
deaf competitor ever.
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