DeafDigest Blue - October 10, 2010 Blue Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://www.deafdigest.com - updated every Monday America's Unique Deaf Stories; free subscription serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 14th year(to unsubscribe, please click on unsubscribe link at bottom or go to http://deafdigest.com/ and click on subscribe and follow instructions ) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos: http://deafdigest.com/videos/doctoradvice/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/terptruck/ This week's ASL Videos: http://deafdigest.com/videos/interpretingfund/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deafdoctors/ (please click on the arrow to start the video) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- October Fire Safety Reminder October is Fire Safety Month and Harris Communications wants to remind you to check your current smoke detector to see if it needs a new battery. 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This is the Blue section. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - Dedication DeafDigest dedicates this edition to Sammy Oates, Austin, Texas, who departed us Sammy, who was deaf, was a football star at Hardin-Simmons in the late fifties and had tryouts in the American Football League, Canadian Football League and played a few games in minor league football. He was one of the most publicized deaf collegiate athletes during the late fifties. DeafDigest also dedicates this edition to Arthur Penn, not deaf, who departed us. While he was a legendary director of plays and movies, he wrote grants during the early sixties that helped secure funds to found the National Theatre of the Deaf. Said a source: He combined his clout with others in the Broadway circles to convince the Department of Education officials to get the federal money - Hot Newspaper stories during the week: A deaf Cafe in Australia http://deafdigest.com/jeweltopsfield/ Knowing ADA Rules a Must for All Professionals http://deafdigest.com/georgianamurnaghan/ - Very Hot News South Dakota School for the Deaf will be shut down, but this same school will continue. How? By serving the deaf students in the entire state, working with local school districts. The campus itself in Sioux Falls is being closed. The judge threw out the lawsuit filed by parents of deaf students, paving the way for the state to shut down the campus. - Sunday October 3rd a survey in Great Britain said that one of every 16 couples (either married or not married) are threatened with break ups because of deafness. Not deafness itself but because of denial of hearing loss and refusal to seek help - Monday October 4th A number of deaf organizations in New Zealand was involved with the Disability Support Services Consumer Consortium that took place last week. It was hosted by the government Minister for Disability Issues - Tuesday October 5th Will Rick Macomber crack the 3 million barrier in standardbred (trotters) racing prize earnings? Rick, who is deaf, and is a professional driver, won $2,792,402 in prize earnings last year, his career best. To date, he has earned nearly $2,200,000, and needs $800,000 with less than three months to go in 2010. - Wednesday October 6th A deaf Filipino, a trained cook, wanted to board the flight to Qatar to seek a job in one of their restaurant kitchens. The Filipino authorities would not allow him because of his deafness. A public uproar forced the authorities to allow him to fly the next day. .. (Thursday-Saturday Hot Deaf News will be in the Gold edition) ..... Deaf Miscellaneous stuff: 6th Annual World Deaf Poker Tournament Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada November 6, 2010 Two Texas Hold'Em, All In, tournaments The Southern Nevada Silver Knights (SNSK) AND American Society for The Deaf Children (ASDC) welcomes everyone to this event We are proud to announce that the American Society For Deaf Children, a non-profit organization, have joined us as part of the Sixth Annual World Deaf Poker Tournament. We, at SNSK, acknowledge their important mission regarding the advancement of deaf children. We feel that this organization deserved to be our joint partner in this fund raising event. SNSK is an organization run by the deaf and hard of hearing men whose mission is to provide assistance to deaf and deaf related services. The membership meets here in Las Vegas once a week and function similar to the Elk's Club, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, etc. Southern Nevada Silver Knights and the American Society For Deaf Children wish to urge those who plan to attend and to make this fund raiser a success. Net proceeds will go equally to both organizations. Come and join us for an unique experience of big time poker. Please go to our web site, http://WWW.LASVEGASDEAF.ORG/POKER, for more information ............................................................... ............................................................... For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com ..... weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com (updated every Monday) ............................................................... ............................................................... "TREAT" YOURSELF TO 15% SAVINGS IN OCTOBER! 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When they meet together, what are the two things they often discuss? The stethoscope and the surgical mask. There are electronic stethoscopes that may help the deaf doctor listen to heart beats. And there are see-through surgical masks that allow them to read lips. - for ASL News version, please click on the arrow at: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deafdoctors/ (for your convenience, video links are posted on top of each DeafDigest edition) A DERRICK COLEMAN COMMENT Derrick Coleman, who is deaf, is a member of the UCLA football team. He is one of the team's top running backs. He does not know ASL, but wants to learn ASL. There was an issue on the UCLA campus that while this college offers over 50 classes in different languages, ASL is not one of these languages. Coleman said: I was a little disappointed because we're UCLA, and we should be having that He was hoping to learn ASL to be able to communicate with other deaf UCLA students. 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WHAT HAS BECOME OF..... Sy DuBow, former legal director of the National Center for Law and Deafness at Gallaudet University (long since then closed). He works for the District of Columbia as a hearing officer, where he could conduct investigations or hold administrative hearings on behalf of the municipal government. He fought for the ADA and with the Television Decoder Circuitry Act. A CONFUSING NEWSPAPER STORY A newspaper in the Philippines carried this story, which ran as follows: The Bureau of Immigration plans to hire the services of a deaf interpreter to communicate with physically challenged passengers to facilitate their passage Hiring a deaf interpreter to communicate with the hearing? Or is the newspaper saying that we, the deaf, are physically challenged? RE-INVENTING A MOUSETRAP SYNDROME Is there such a thing as a Re-inventing Mousetrap Syndrome? We have visual signalers, yet newspapers run a story of an inventor coming up with a "better" visual signaler. Or of a better sign language video? Or of a better captioning device? And so on. And now this - a team of girls at Center Point HS in Texas winning a contest against boys by coming up with a new cell phone technology that would help the deaf use sign language to communicate with their friends. The prize was given out at the Texas A&M Computer Science and Engineering Competition. CONFESSIONS OF HARD OF HEARING BLUFFER An interesting posting surfaced on one of these deaf-related yahoogroups. It was of a middle-aged bluffer, who grew up borderline hard of hearing, but relied on his lipreading to get by in the real world without a college degree and without refined grammatical skills. In his younger years he prospered as an advertising executive but battling against declining hearing, and his continued denial of his deafness. Eventually time caught up with him and he lost his job, and had to withstand abuse from colleagues in the cut throat marketing and advertising field. His advice? Go to college in order to do better. WHAT DO INTERPRETERS HATE? being asked all the time: how long did it take you to learn how to sign? if you have these "hate" or "horror" stories, please mailto:barry@deafdigest.com COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series I am sometimes asked whether it is difficult to always be the silent person in the classroom, at the meeting, or in the seminar. Oftentimes I am asked to participate and offer my "two cents" to the discussion taking place. However, just as it is with sign language interpreters, it is important for CART providers to "stay in role." There is a fine line we walk when we have to be close enough to the proceedings to be able to hear them well and capture the contents of all communication, yet we must maintain our emotional distance in the sense that we do not participate in the discussions. No matter how much I may think I know about the subject being discussed or how much I would like to contribute to the conversation, it is not my place to interject myself into the proceedings. Although it may be difficult, it is very important that we maintain our silence and that we not become another participant. The CART Provider's Manual prepared by the National Court Reporters Association offers the following guidance on this subject: "A CART provider's role is to facilitate communication. The CART provider will at all times stay in role and perform in a manner appropriate to the situation. A CART provider should decline any invitation or suggestion by participants and the consumer to comment, interject, advise, respond to inquiries, or in any way become involved in the assignment outside the role of CART provider. If necessary, the CART provider should politely explain the necessity to stay in role." ............................................................... ............................................................... weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com updated every Monday ............................................................... ............................................................... I THOUGHT THE DEAF COULD....... not play sports because of their deafness What an ignorant question. We have a long list of deaf athletes everywhere, including those at Gallaudet University, at schools for the deaf, at mainstreamed programs, at colleges and at professional teams. when a hearing person never meets a deaf person in his life his knowledge of the deaf are often wrong ............................................................... ............................................................... 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Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., a leading plaintiffs' litigation law firm, is expanding litigation against Advanced Bionics related to defective cochlear implants. If you believe that you may have received an "Important Notification" letter from Advanced Bionics about your HiRes90k or Clarion II cochlear implant in either 2004 or 2006, we urge you to contact us to receive important legal information - even if you CI is working. Many of our clients' cochlear implants stopped working prematurely as described in the letter. We have a Deaf attorney and VP available. To find out more, please click here and follow instructions on the screen or go to: http://www.weitzlux.com/failed-cochlear-implants_1937570.html ............................................................... ............................................................... What: A national study for counselors who serve the Deaf funded by AHRQ Why: Counseling and behavioral health services for persons who are Deaf, Deaf-blind or hard of hearing are scarce, and many individuals are underserved. We hope to learn and share the results with all who provide counseling services across the nation If you are a counselor please take the time to complete the survey or if you know counselors in your region who work with this population please forward this survey to them at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5DYG2XF The questionnaire takes about 30 minutes to complete. After completing the survey, the respondent will receive a small token of appreciation for their time. If you want a paper copy instead to complete please let us know. The study is being conducted by Drs. Kim Mathos and Beth Nolan address ( mailto:kkmathos@gmail.com ) Thank you very much for completing the survey or helping us to identify appropriate providers. We very much appreciate your help! ............................................................... ............................................................... Hot DeafNews boring, but important! a study conducted by a research team in Australia said that painkillers may lead to deafness .... The Deaf and the Law: - location England - case a deaf student accused Durham University of discrimination as she was not provided with notetakers, oral interpreters and CART services - result case was settled out of court for £25,000 ($28,500 in USA money) - comment damage was done; she dropped out of school because of emotional distress ..... The Captioning Blunder of the Week: the ice crime (cream) shop ... News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Bobby Knight, the departed Indiana basketball coach, famed for his violent outbursts, still has a friend in Tom Geyer, a little used member of the basketball team. Geyer quit the team yesterday, saying he could not play for any other coach except for Knight. Geyer is deaf. Despite his deafness he was considered the team spokesperson. He plans to stay in school and complete coursework towards his degree in Accounting and Finance. ..... News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: In case you missed it, on Oct. 4th, the syndicated cartoon strip "Bizarro" had a 1-panel mentioning ASL. Please don't ask DeafDigest to track it down because he also missed it. ... Deaf Apocalypse of the Week: If professional person attends a convention, it is to enhance his knowledge and skills, or even to make future contacts. This would stand true for deaf professionals - provided interpreters were provided. Said a deaf engineer: I have gone to Engineers' conventions, but never had interpreters. What was the engineering company thinking? ..... A Lipreading Problem: What did that person say? A DeafDigest subscriber said: I was reading my newspaper and this girl asked me "Can I see your weedeater?" She was pointing down at my table) I was a bit puzzled as I didn't have a weedeater with me. Oh, she meant "Weekend", a newspaper section that comes out once a week if you have lipreading tales, please share these with mailto:barry@deafdigest.com ...... A Vocational Rehabilitation counselor's great news: The reason your agency is spared from layoffs, is due to many people taking early retirement. As a result, promotional opportunities show up willy-nilly. ...... DeafBook of the Week Say that again, please Tom Bradford Insights in dealing with a hearing loss self published 1991 DeafDigest editor has many deaf-related book in his private home library. Some books are still in print; some books are out of print. Some books are old; some books are recent. Happy reading ! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- * YOU COULD PLACE YOUR PAID EMPLOYMENT ADS IN THIS SECTION * on a per-subscriber basis, the DeafDigest ad rates are the best in the nation. * For more information, send E-mail to mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Job opening Regional Captioned Telephone Outreach Coordinator Hamilton Relay, Inc travel required in Tennessee & other states as needed Hamilton Relay, Inc. currently has a position open for "Regional Captioned Telephone Outreach Coordinator" staffed in the state of Tennessee. Position summary: This full-time position is responsible for coordinating and implementing community outreach activities designed to promote Captioned Telephone Service (CapTel®) for Tennessee Relay Services (1/2 time) and in other states as needed (1/2 time). Individual will be required to travel within the state of Tennessee and other states as needed. Preferred education, experience and skills: - Excellent presentation skills - Prior work experience with the user communities that can benefit from relay services: - Senior Community - Hard of Hearing Community - Knowledge of and ability to understand various communication modes used by current and potential relay users - Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people who have differing hearing and speech abilities and communication modes - Ability to promote all relay services and to educate/train users of the services - Direct work experience with Telecommunication Relay Service or experience with Captioned Telephone Service is helpful - Experience in public relations - Ability to organize and prioritize work effectively and meet deadlines - Strong interpersonal skills, writing, and analytical - Captioned Telephone users are encouraged to apply - Hold a valid driver's license Interested individuals may apply online at: http://www.hamilton.net/employment.html or contact Cindy Blase in Corporate Human Resource Department by October 12, 2010 at 800.821.1831. Hamilton Relay is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. Hamilton Relay, Inc. is a division of Hamilton Telecommunications based in Aurora, NE. Hamilton offers a competitive wage and full time benefits. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- job opening Information, Referral and Advocacy Program Manager The Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) Olympia, WA The Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) serves deaf, hard of hearing and deaf blind individuals throughout Washington State. For more information about ODHH, go to http://odhh.dshs.wa.gov/ ODHH seeks applicants for the Information, Referral and Advocacy Program Manager. The IRA program manager is responsible for the statewide program providing information, referral, advocacy, education & training and outreach services. Applicants can apply online here: http://careers.wa.gov/index.html and type "01266" in the keyword search. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- job posting Clinician / Therapist - Social Worker, Day Treatment Deaf/HH program Victor Treatment Center Santa Rosa, CA http:://www.victor.org RESPONSIBILITIES: As a member of the Day Treatment team, the Clinician is responsible for establishing and implementing quality clinical treatment and case management for severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents in the Residential and Day Treatment programs. Development of needs and services plan; development of discharge plan; ongoing assessment to identify changing needs of the residents on their caseload. Consult with the residential program in the implementation of the plans. Counseling with assigned clients aimed at preparing the client to analyze and better understand the reason for placement and to handle associated emotional problems, resolving the difficulties between child and family that led to the need for placement, and planning for the return of the child. Act as the liaison between the program and community agencies and individuals such as Case managers, County Social Workers, and Probation Officers. Shall consult with the school setting to assure quality education services are available and provided. Assures the quality of care and behavior management program in the residence through training, consultation, and direction of residential milieu. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: * Completion of a clinical program with Masters or Ph.D. degree in a field of behavioral science from an accredited educational institutional. * Registered MFT OR LCSW, or Registered ASW or MFT-Intern (in State of California) * Valid driver's license/clean DMV. Be willing to complete physical fitness health screening physical examination that includes a drug screen and a back screen; and must have the unrestricted capacity to employee physical restraint techniques in a professionally safe manner. Must be willing to complete a personal background investigation conducted by the State of California; and must meet Community Care Licensing standards for employment. Must be able to interact and communicate in a timely, friendly and cooperative manner with other professionals working within the mental health child care industry both in public and private agencies while traveling, meeting, presenting, participating in workshops and training sessions, or performing clinical services pertaining to the Agency's clients. Must be able to work safely with seriously emotionally disturbed children who may become violent, and physically and verbally offensive, without reacting in a negative, cruel or hostile manner towards the client DESIRED REQUIREMENTS * Two years experience in a clinical position in residential treatment. * Experience with severely emotionally disturbed children or adolescents. Salary: DOE with FULL BENEFITS (medical, dental, vision, paid vacation). To Apply: Please fax your resume with cover letter to 707-360-1958 or email to mailto:JP.VTC.SantaRosa@victor.org -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Vacancy announcement Voc Rehab Counselor I - Deaf and Hard of Hearing State of Vermont Southeastern region of Vermont The State of Vermont is seeking a dynamic Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor to assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals in attaining training and career goals. Position is based in Southeastern region covering Brattleboro, White River Junction and Springfield. Master's Degree and fluency in American Sign Language required. For additional information, contact Bill Hudson, Senior Rehabilitation Counselor for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Services at: mailto:bill.hudson@ahs.state.vt.us The State of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package. To apply you must use the online job application at http://www.careers.vermont.gov Job reference is #27490. For questions related to your application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Recruitment Services at (800) 640-1657 (voice) or (800) 253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
