DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 7, 2014
-- the best deaf driver in the workplace
Muneeb Ahmed, a deaf British man, has a job that
we may not find any other deaf person doing it -
driving a taxi! In Derby, a British city of some
250,000 people, many taxi customers specifically
ask for him and no one else. He had two tough
obstacles to overcome before his employer -
Pride Executive Cars - hired him. He had to know
every single Derby street and every single Derby
alley. And he had to overcome the objections
of one of the company partners on hiring him.
Said the objecting partner - "he is one of our
best drivers and he has proved me totally wrong"
-- a funny movie about two deaf characters
Versa Effect is a new short film about two
deaf individuals that go to sleep and
wake up, finding that their bodies
have been switched. This movie has been
produced by a deaf film director and have
been shown at deaf clubs. If this short
film is scheduled to be shown in your
area, do not pass it up.
-- hating Bieber hurts a deaf child
Many people hate Justin Bieber so much that they
won't place a bid on a shoe he has donated.
Ayla-Mae Hemms, a British deaf child, was scheduled
to have a CI surgery in USA but lacked the funds
for it. When Bieber heard about it, he donated one
of his shoes. Despite intense efforts to solicit
bids for the shoes, the fund raising goal fell
so far behind the target. Perhaps if Taylor Swift
donated her shoes, the fund raising target may
have been met!
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