DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, March 13, 2015
-- world's most deaf-friendly police force
Which city has the world's most deaf-friendly police force?
It is Leicestershire in Great Britain. This city has
a police unit called Police Link Officers for Deaf People.
17 police officers in that unit use British Sign Language.
How big is Leicestershire? It has about 1,000,000 people.
Here in USA we are lucky if we have just a few police officers
in any big city that use ASL! Washington, DC, however
has its Deaf and Hard of Hearing Liaison Unit which
consists of four police officers that work with the deaf.
-- shoulder tap, safe or dangerous
In USA, most deaf people are used to shoulder-tapping,
either by another deaf friend or by a hearing person.
Is shoulder tapping OK in other parts of the world?
DeafDigest editor once gently tapped the shoulder of
a deaf immigrant to alert him to a car coming near him.
He immediately raised his fists, thinking it was a fight!
In a British hospital, the nurse tapped the shoulder of
a deaf patient, wanting to tell her to read the medicine
instructions. Before she knew it, the deaf patient hit
her very hard on the face! As a result, this deaf patient
has been banned from the hospital.
-- making electronic contacts
As mentioned last week, deaf nightclub hostess Saito Rie
is campaigning for a seat in a Tokyo assembly. She is
using her text pager to reach voters, hoping they will
vote for her. She has to use text because she has no
voice speaking skills.
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