DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 13, 2014
-- deaf balloonists better than hearing balloonists?
Hearing pilots can pilot their balloons up in the air, with the
help of their crew that move the balloonis through the winds.
What about deaf balloonists? Can they do a better job than
hearing balloonists? According to hearing balloon pilot Colin
Graham, Albquerque, New Mexico, yes, the deaf can do a better
job! Why? Because it is easier to communicate through sign
language while up in the air as compared to shouting out
words in a noisy background! His comments were part of a
news story on TV.
-- Fedex helps deaf businessman grow big
There is a newspaper story of Fedex discriminating against
the deaf. This lawsuit, in Florida, is now in the courts.
But do look at Rene Martinez, a Minneapolis deaf man. He is
the CEO of AZS Express Shakopee, which is an independent
contractor with Fedex. It is not a tiny, one man, company.
Rene has branches in St. Paul, Shakopee and Mahtomedi.
There are 28 employees on the payroll and the company owns
50 delivery trucks. Rene says his business has grown 10 to 20
percent each year. So, does Fedex discriminate against the deaf?
Rene says, no!
-- we have many professional deaf basketball players
Do we have many deaf professional basketball players? Yes,
but they do not earn 1 million dollars a year! The NorthWest
Association for the Deaf Basketball, which is part of the
national deaf basketball organization, has made this
announcement:
first place team - players get $6.00 each
second place team - players get $4.00 each
third place team - players get $3.00 each
fourth place team - players get $2.00 each
For getting money, these players are professionals.
Unfortunately, when they go to McDonald's, the tiny
cash money disappears quickly.
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