DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 6, 2016
-- a shock with a parole officer
An appointment with a parole officer is always
scary for all released prisoners, but maybe
especially more for released deaf prisoners.
A deaf man, in Louisiana, was not provided
with an interpreter for his appointment with
a parole officer! It can be scary because a
tiny misunderstanding, not interpreted, with
a parole officer can land the deaf person in
the prison again. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-scared-by-parole-officers/
-- people angry with new Germany disability law
Germany finally passed their own disability law,
sort of like our own ADA - but many people
are angry about it. They are saying the law
is a joke - while it promises to help improve
the lives of the deaf and the disabled, it
does not deal with one important issue -
employment! The law says nothing on how to
help find jobs for the deaf and the disabled.
-- lipreading in the dark
Could a deaf person lipread when the room is
dark? No way! Yet, in the book "The Subsidiary"
written by Matía Celedó, the deaf character
lipreads a hearing person in a conversation
that took place in a dark room. Possible or
impossible?
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- rural town interpreters
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
12/04/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
