DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, May 13, 2013
-- a former Super Bowl NFL player, himself deaf, very bitter
Reggie Williams played 14 years for Cincinnati Bengals (1976-1989),
and played in two Super Bowls. He has a life-long hearing problem
and as a child, attended Rhode Island School for the Deaf for a
short time. Since he functioned as a hearing person, many people
did not know he was deaf. As a great football player, he paid the
price - many injuries to his legs. He has to use crutches to walk.
He is bitter because NFL would not help him (and many other
badly-injured NFL players). The big, rich NFL will not help its
retired players that made NFL great.
-- who was the first deaf around-the-world solo sailor?
Last week the newpapers were full of stories of Gerry Hughes,
a deaf Scot, who sailed solo all around the world, a trip
taking him 8 months. They are saying he is the FIRST deaf person
to accomplish it. First deaf person? DeafDigest mentioned
in Year 2000 (13 years ago) that Paul Thompson, a deaf man
from South Africa, sailed solo all around the world!
-- fastest A to Z fingerspeller!
There is a contest in Great Britain called "Hot Fingers."
Deaf contestants race against each other to see who fingerspells
A to Z the fastest. The average fast speed is 5-6 seconds.
Is it faster than A to Z fingerspelling in USA? Probably not
because British fingerspelling uses both hands, while ASL
fingerspelling is on one hand!
05/12/13 Blue edition at:
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05/12/13 Gold edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-gold-newsletter/
