DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 11, 2014
-- emergency faxes sent five hours after the emergency
A landslide took place in Hiroshima (Japan), and it
threatened the lives of these residents. There was
supposed to be an emergency alert system for the deaf
in the form of faxes sent to their homes. These faxes
arrived five hours late. Luckily no one was hurt or
killed - and the city government apologized for the
fax mess up.
-- the deaf woman and the nail salon in Texas
Julie Bartenstein, who is deaf, went to the City Nails
store in Rockwall, Texas to get her nails done. The
manager would not allow her because she was deaf!
She and her family have filed a formal complaint
with the city human rights commission. The salon
manager said that her nails took too long to work
on, thus wasting her time. And if Julie still wanted
her nails done in the future, the rate would be double
the normal rates!
-- deaf British family making million dollars
Husband Shahab Reza and wife Shehnaz and adult children
Zainab and Abbas, all of them deaf, have sent bills
to the British Department of Work and Pensions for
interpreting expenses for four years. The total
billing came up to £800,000, which is $1,300,000
in USA dollars. The money did not go to the
interpreters but for their holiday trips, jewelry,
university tuition and investments. The government
found out about it. They are now on court trial
and they may be sent to prison.
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