DeafDigest Blue - May 7, 2017
Blue Edition
Barry Strassler, Editor
http://deafdigest.com - updated every Monday
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Last week's ASL Videos in youtube
http://deafdigest.com/videos/handwriting-is-very-important-for-deaf/
http://deafdigest.com/videos/gallaudet-baseball-cap-confusion/
This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/weird-compromise/
http://deafdigest.com/videos/wandering-hearing-child/
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Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- special travel tour for deaf http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
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Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-chef-in-indiana/
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Top stories about the deaf:
A health care magazine ran a story on health care
workers, saying they cannot be expected to be
jack of all trades, meaning they cannot
"diagnose" deafness in some of their patients!
Cafe Nero in South Tyneside (Great Britain)
is planning deaf/hearing social events
from time to time - to create awareness
of the deaf and of deafness.
Deaf voters need not to listen to candidates'
promises, instead just go out and vote
for the best candidate. This is what an
Australian deaf advocate said.
The Canadian Hearing Society and the deaf strikers
are back at the mediation table - moderated by
a mediator, who is supposed to be neutral,
looking for a win-win solution.
Concern was expressed by deaf leaders in
Louisiana that subsidies to the Deaf Relay fund may be reduced because of state financial
difficulties.
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to contact Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates:
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This week's ASL video in youtube
WEIRD DEAF-HEARING TV COMPROMISE
Always same old story. Deaf want captions
on TV. Hearing want captions turned off.
Both deaf and hearing get angry at each
other, but made a compromise.
Deaf person turns off voice on TV. Hearing
person turns off captions.
Both watch TV at same time, just following
action, facial expressions and body language,
not understanding the plot!
- for ASL News version with captions, please visit:
http://deafdigest.com/videos/weird-compromise/
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Lip reading tale
a deaf son was watching a pro basketball game
with his hearing father
The deaf son thought hearing father said:
there is blonde on the floor
The hearing father actually said:
there is blood on the floor
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This week's ASL video in youtube
WANDERING HEARING CHILD
One morning a deaf person was driving to
work, and on the sidewalk he saw a hearing
child, maybe 2 or 3 years old, wandering.
Obviously he opened the door of his
apartment and got out while his parents
were sleeping.
The deaf person got out of the car and
grabbed the child and started to look for
police. The cop was nearby, and the deaf
person wrote on the notepad that he saw the
child wandering around.
The cop was puzzled about it. This
situation was scary. What if the cop
thought the deaf person was doing some
funny business.
Fortunately the cop took care of the
child and the deaf person left the
scene to go to work.
- for ASL News version with captions, please visit:
http://deafdigest.com/videos/wandering-hearing-child/
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COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series
When people see me providing CART services, I am frequently asked how someone becomes a CART captioner or broadcast captioner and how long it takes.
Realtime captioners use the same basic skills as court reporters, so you would attend a school that teaches court reporting. The National Court Reporters Association has a list of NCRA-certified schools and participating programs. You can get that information on their website at www.ncra.org.
As far as how long it will take you to get through court reporting school, that is a more difficult question to answer. Every person is different. First you will learn the shorthand theory, and then you will spend time building your speed. It is essentially up to you how long it will take. It may take between two to five years, depending on how quickly you gain steno speed.
The programs in the schools are set up so that you must pass one speed to progress to the next higher speed. For example, you must pass tests at 100 words a minute in order to progress to the next class at 120 words per minute. If that takes you six weeks or six months, it is totally up to you. Most schools require that you pass tests at 225 words a minute in order to complete your training.
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News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago:
While Gallaudet is not in danger of losing its
accreditation at this moment, Davila stresses that
Gallaudet has until November 2008 to address
these accreditation concerns. Knowing Davila,
restoring Gallaudet to full accreditation status
will be the crowning accomplishment atop his
other accomplishments in a long career in
Education of the Deaf that he began in the early
fifties.
note:
accreditiation is no longer a concern,
as Gallaudet has been in compliance
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News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago:
Deaf people that use Cox Communications email services
will now be able to read their voice messages, the
company spokesperson announced. Since DeafDigest is
not a Cox subscriber it is hoped that the announcement
is exactly what it says - that deaf people can read
their voice messages.
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