DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, May 10, 2016
-- a strange interview question
What has become of deaf Ashley Fiolek, world champion
motocross racer who retired from competition as a very
young woman? She makes personal appearances, promoting
motorcycling as an activity people could enjoy. At
a recent appearance in California, she was asked this
question:
What do you hear having been given a life without the ears?
Life without the ears? Deaf people have ears, same as
hearing people!
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/retired-from-competition-as-young-person/
-- a question for RIT
A question for RIT! It was announced yesterday that
RIT president Bill Destler will retire at the end
of the 2016-2017 academic year. NTID director
Gerard Buckley reports to Destler. Will RIT
consider hiring a deaf person for the RIT
presidency? A case in point, the late Al
Van Nevel, a deaf man, was offered a job
teaching accounting at NTID. He asked if he
could also have the opportunity to teach
accounting at RIT. The offer quickly was
withdrawn. Does RIT think deaf can't function
at 8 other colleges on the sprawling
Rochester campus?
-- a surprise moment by Deafness Ambassador
We pretty much can say that Nyle DiMarco is the
world's #1 Deafness Ambassador. Anyway he
threw a surprise at those watching him on TV.
During his dance performance last night, the
music stopped, but he and his dance team
continued to dance. Hearing dancers must
have music; deaf dancers don't!
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- statistics, before computers
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
05/08/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
