DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 12, 2014
-- a hero for some deaf medical school students
For some deaf medical school students, Norma Miller, of
Vermont, was hero. She is not deaf, and is not an interpreter.
As a CART operator, she transcribed classroom lectures
for these deaf medical school students. How many deaf
medical schools did she help graduate and become doctors?
Seven of them! Not sure if she got to meet with them in
person or if she worked out of her office at a long distance
from the classroom.
-- still more on the Zombie Walk case
We have read about the deaf driver, frightened by the
wild Zombie Walk crowd, hitting a woman and driving
away. Well, there is talk about lawsuits being
filed in San Diego, possibly against the city
government. Why? There was no police around to
control the automobile traffic. There was no police
around to control the crowd of Zombie Walkers.
And there was no police around to protect the
deaf family when the crowd went wild and jumped
at the car. And also, the woman who was hit, may
also file a lawsuit.
-- Air Force can, Army can't?
A young deaf man wanted to join the Army but
couldn't. But for the Air Force, a California
legislator is trying to introduce a bill to
allow the deaf to join the Air Force. Why
Air Force and why not the Army? Do keep in mind
that during the Civil War, we have had deaf
fighters fighting for the Northern and the
Southern forces. But that was over 150 years
ago when weapons were primitive.
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