DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - March 11, 2019 -- the boss of a professional basketball team is deaf Tamika Catchings, who is deaf, but functions as a hearing person, was promoted to her new position as the Vice President of Indiana Fever, a women's pro basketball team in WNBA. She is charge of all basketball operations. Her goal is to become the General Manager of a team in the NBA. Never say impossible.   -- interpreter following deaf chef in kitchen! A newspaper story said that a deaf chef in a kitchen is always followed by an interpreter! A newspaper story said that a deaf chef Saima Shafaatulla, has an interpreter always with her in the kitchen of the Grand Central Hotel, Glascow, Scotland. Hard to believe. An interpreter at kitchen staff meetings, yes, but during hectic kitchen moments where everyone is yelling and there are always kitchen mistakes.     -- major travel agency makes deaf needs a priority A travel agency has required all of its coffee cafes to make everything deaf-accessible. This means pad and pen always available for deaf travelers. Also computerized table touch pads for them. It is So-Coffee, operated by the agency based in Poland! Why not American agencies? We have ADA.   Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ 03/10/19 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/