DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 11, 2012
-- A Japanese doctor caught using fake deafness forms
Maeda Yoshiaki, a Japanese physician, has been arrested and
sentenced to an 8-year term in prison. He falsely signed
papers to certify deafness of many hearing patients.
He did that to get money from the Japan Pension Service
for his "work with the deaf" and it was almost two million
USA dollars before he was caught.
-- Actress Mare Winningham working with the deaf again!
Famous actress Mare Winningham played the role of a Coda
daughter in the 1985 TV movie "Love is Never Silent"
that featured deaf actors Ed Waterstreet and Phyllis
Frelich. And 27 years later, she is again working with
the deaf - actor Russell Harvard in the play "Tribes"
at a theater in New York. Hope Mare knows that deaf
actors are very good to work with.
-- Almost not allowed to run in a race because of deafness!
Could the deaf run in races? Of course; we had deaf
tracksters in past hearing Olympics. Susan Lacke, a deaf
triathlete, was almost stopped by a race director.
He told her she cannot participate because of her deafness.
The director felt a deaf runner would be a hazard to
everyone on the track. He also suggested that she compete
in the Paralympics and/or the Special Olympics. Susan
would not back off and forced the race director to allow
her to race.
-- A bank telling a deaf woman she has been declared dead!
Anne Gray, a deaf British woman, received a letter from
a bank, saying that she has been declared dead. Also,
she was told that the account was closed, and her checks
allowed to bounce. Anne, very much alive, was very upset
about it, and had to have family members go to the
bank to straighten out the mess. The bank apologized
and sent her a check as a goodwill gesture.
-- a Deaf Bridge shut down
The Zero Bridge, which spans the Jhelum River in
Rajbagh, a town in Kashmir, has been closed after
60 years of use. This bridge was designed and built
by a deaf contractor. Why Zero Bridge? The original
name was Zorr Bridge, and in the language of Kashmir,
it means Deaf! Why was it closed? It was falling apart
because of years of wear and tear by heavy traffic
of cars and people. Who was that deaf contractor?
No one remembers the name!
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