DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 12, 2013
-- a million dollar deaf athlete
The Bloomberg Businessweek magazine ran a story on a million-dollar
athlete. He is the best in his sport. He has many sponsorship
deals. He is the top earning athlete in his sport. He was a college
All-American in his sport. He is a partner in an investment firm.
His twitter has 40,000 followers and his Facebook has 65,000 likes.
Who is that athlete and what is the sport? It is Paul Rabil and he
plays pro lacrosse. He was born with a hearing problem. He tried to
hide it for many years. But few years ago he revealed his deafness.
He became the national spokesperson with the National Cued Speech
Association. Not sure if he still is the spokesperson.
-- a Deaf Crisis in Rochester, NY
There is no such a thing as a Perfect Deaf Community! All deaf
communities have their problems and issues, and the Rochester
Deaf Community is no exception (same as with the Metro Washington
Deaf Community). A newspaper story about the Rochester Deaf
Community said this community suffers from a Deaf Brain Drain.
Young and bright deaf people grow up in the area, attend NTID
and move out after they graduate. Keep in mind other Deaf
Communities profit from Rochester's loss, so it comes out even.
-- a late-deafened police officer
Many police officers quit when they lose their hearing,
afraid they could not perform well in police work. Joseph Molinari,
the Nashua, New Hampshire police officer started to lose his
hearing as a young man. He was afraid to continue with his career,
but did not give up and started using hearing aids. He has been
using these aids for 10 years, allowing him to function normally
in all phases of police work. He may not be the only late-deafened
police officer around; there may be others but he was the rare officer
to come forward with his hearing loss. His police rank is Sergeant.
04/07/13 Blue edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-blue-newsletter/
04/07/13 Gold edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-gold-newsletter/
