DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 9, 2013
-- deaf husband in dispute with deaf wife over dowry payment
In India in 2011, Rishi, a deaf man, married Khushboo, a deaf
woman, Her family promised to give dowry. Two things
went wrong. He told her he has a job, a lie as he was
unemployed. She promised dowry but never told him her family
was poor. Angry, the deaf man harrassed his wife every day
over dowry payment. The harrassment got worse and the police
arrested him. Legal experts say it is the first time it has
happened in India.
-- background on deaf NFL player Derrick Coleman
Some DeafDigest subscribers wanted to know more about
Derrick Coleman who became the first deaf player to score
a touchdown in a NFL game. He became deaf at the age of 3;
played football at UCLA but was a sub, playing little.
As an oral person, he does not know ASL. The NFL teams did
not draft him but he signed with the Minnesota Vikings
as a free agent. They cut him and he signed with Seattle
Seahawks and made the team this season.
-- more on the deaf man fired from Domino's
DeafDigest mentioned a deaf Domino's Pizza driver fired
for not being able to answer the phone. Domino's system
has 4 groups - the management, the pizzamakers, the
front counter and the drivers. The front counter people
answer the phones, not the drivers. Also, the Domino's web
site says two things - Team members are treated fairly, and
Team members respect each other and are free from harassment,
discrimination and intolerance. The fired employee's
attorney will bring this up when the case comes to the courts.
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