DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - May 5, 2017
-- comments about deaf NASA zero-gravity experiments
DeafDigest mentioned that a group of deaf men went
through NASA zero-gravity experiments in the
1950's and 1960's. Their comments were interesting:
I wanted to serve
It was a wonderful time
Rough water waves didn't bother us
People in hearing group always got sick, deaf never got sick
100 Gallaudet people volunteered, but only few was selected
All of these volunteers had spinal meningitis
Interpreter services didn't exist
Deaf participants didn't know what was going on
I volunteered for the fun of it
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/nasa-deaf-zero-gravity-experiment/
-- functionally hearing businessman avoids the phone
A deaf businessman, who functions as a hearing
person, and able to use voice telephone, says he
avoids the phone during serious business
discussions. He said:
using voice telephone or the relay service, I miss
out a lot when discussions are serious; I prefer
face to face discussions even if it means
flying out to meet these people in person.
He did say relay service is fine for small talk
and light discussions.
-- gas, electricity, water and internet (or not)
The new FCC chief hates Net Neutrality, saying it
stops the internet from growing. He says internet
is not a public utility like gas company,
electrical power company or water company.
That means monthly rates will go up, making
internet too expensive for low cost deaf.
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- plants named after the deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
4/30/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
