DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, January 14, 2016
-- a surprise about a successful deaf actress
Abhinaya Anand is a successful deaf actress in
Bollywood (or better known as India Hollywood).
She is deaf, but won the leading female character
in a new movie. She herself does not use her own
speech in her movie roles. Instead, she lip-syncs
all of her speaking parts, even in languages
she does not know! It may be possible the
hearing people may think her speech is perfect,
not realizing she does not speak at all and
that the voice is put in for her. A picture
of Abhinaya is at:
http://deafdigest.com/successful-deaf-actress-surprise/
-- communication in deaf dentist's suite
DeafDigest editor had to have some dental work done in
the suite of Dr. Steven L. Rattner, Gaithersburg, MD,
who is deaf. The assistant who helps with Rattner,
is also deaf. While having teeth drilled, DeafDigest
editor watched the way Rattner and his assistant
communicate, especially with their face masks, and
hands holding dental instruments. They wiggle their
fingers, use body language, use elbows, shake their
heads, etc - just about anything to get communication
going! Hearing dentists and hearing assistants just use
voice. With the deaf, it is interesting!
-- $500.00 per deaf person
Paul Clark, executive vice-president and chair of the
Toronto-Dominion Bank's people with disabilities committee,
supports the hiring of the deaf and the disabled in banking
positions. He did some cost analysis and said that the
cost (one-time only) of hiring the deaf is just $500.00
per deaf employee. Do banks in USA share the same
thoughts? Hope so.
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