DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - February 14, 2019
-- it has happened to U. of California, now happening to small towns
ADA lawsuit over captions on video streams forced University of
California at Berkeley to take down all of their video streams.
It is now happening to smaller American towns for the same
reason - high costs of captions. ADA laws coming back to
haunt us?
-- a puzzling newspaper obit
Donald L. "Pat" Irwin, Council Bluffs, Iowa,
departed us. The newspaper obit said:
Pat was born September 16, 1932, in Iowa City, Iowa.
He graduated from Iowa School for the Deaf in 1951,
where he excelled in basketball. Pat proudly served his
country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.
Serving in the Korean War? Was he very hard of hearing
as if being almost-very hearing? DeafDigest editor knows
of a graduate of 47 School for the Deaf (NYC) who said
he fought in the Korean War, but became evasive when
asked further questions.
-- most human resources people do not know this rule
When human resources people interview deaf applicants,
accompanied by their interpreters, they do not know
this rule - speak directly to the deaf person and not
towards the interpreter. This rule has been broken
too many times, even if the deaf person ends up
getting the job he was looking for!
Deaf jobs – latest update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
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