DeafDigest - 07 February 2018

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - February 7, 2018   -- the deaf and the fast food touch screen Touch screens are replacing notepad and for the deaf at fast food restaurants. But if there is a touch screen problem, such as accidentally ordering wrong food or accidentally touching the pay icon twice, would the hearing manager (that may have never met a deaf person in his life) have communication problems? A picture is at: http://deafdigest.com/touchscreen-dream-or-nightmare/   -- a comment by a past mainstreamed student A past mainstreamed student said during a newspaper interview: I was a very expensive student being deaf; I had to have a lot of services We have heard this comment in the past - that it is expensive to be deaf   -- weight loss program in New York A deaf man, formerly weighing 446 pounds is now down to 274 pounds thanks to a special weight loss program offered by a New York service agency helping the deaf. This is the first such weight loss program for the deaf that DeafDigest editor has read about in years!     Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- legislative tricks to get deaf bills passed http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ 02/04/18 Blue and Gold editions at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/

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