DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 11, 2013
-- a deaf manager of a zoo in Scotland
Many of us love to go to zoos and watch the animals in
action. There have been some deaf zoo employees, some
deaf zoologists - but how many of them are zoo managers?
There is one - in Scotland, the Galloway Wildlife
Conservation Park. The manager is John Denerley, and
he communicates in British Sign Language.
-- A deaf house painter fired and loses lawsuit
A deaf house painter in Canada was fired from his job.
Angry, he filed a lawsuit, accusing his employer of
firing him because of his deafness. The employer said
it was poor workmanship, damage to property, not following
safety rules. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal agreed
with the employer, saying communication was not the
problem.
-- A new statue to honor a deaf man in a small town
Atchison is a small town in Kansas, about 11,000 residents.
This town will set up a new statue to honor a deaf man of
many years ago - bricklayer William Boular, who once set
up 48,000 bricks in one day. Boular was also a metal making
factory worker and a beekeeper. Why was Boular amazing?
Deaf? No. He had no legs, and had to wear special boots
to walk with his knees! Many of Boular's bricks are still
in these town buildings and streets. He was honored in
Ripley's Believe It or Not! many yeas ago.
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