DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 11, 2016
-- police & paramedics volunteer is deaf
In USA, many volunteer emergency services do not
want deaf volunteers - because of fear of communication
barriers. But with Sharlene Alice Payn, a deaf
Canberra, Australian woman, the Canberra State
Emergency Service asked her to become a volunteer!
She quickly accepted and has passed all these
volunteer training courses. Her real job is
with Civil Service - but of her volunteer work,
she said "Lots of people assume that I work in
the office doing the typing, but I do everything
just exactly the same as the other team members
except to use the radio." Her picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-emergency-services-volunteer/
-- big deaf heroes in independent movies
For years, deaf (and disabled) people were shown as
"evil" people in independent movies. To be deaf is
the same as to be evil, whether we hate it or not.
This is slowly changing - more independent movies
are showing the deaf as heroes! An example is the
new movie - Hush, where a deaf woman is shown
as a big hero.
-- a big fear of deaf Uber drivers
What is the biggest fear of deaf Uber drivers?
That despite with computers, notepads and other
electronic devices, the hearing customers would
reject the deaf and walk away from these Uber
pick-up appointments! Has it happened? According
to one deaf driver - never, but the fear is
still there!
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- first newspaper classified ads
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
04/10/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
