DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, June 14, 2013
-- a deaf medical student needed 4 interpreters
Megan Jack, a deaf student at University of Manitoba
medical school, needed 4 interpreters. The school only
had one interpreter that understood medical words. What
did she do? She postponed for one year her entrance
into medical school so that 3 other interpreters can be
taught these medical words in advance of her admission!
-- 90 percent of CART captioning students drop out!
We watch TV programs that are live-captioned. We do not
realize it is very difficult for CART school students to
pass their courses; a CART captioner told DeafDigest
editor that approximately 90 percent of these CART school
students drop out. They did not realize how much work
it requires to become a good captioner.
-- Something about The Switched at Birth we didn't know
When there is a new TV program, the producers hope it
will become popular. Many new programs fail and then flop.
The producers at ABC Family gambled with The Switched at
Birth program, unsure if the hearing people will like it
or not. Everyone was surprised when The Switched at Birth
became one of the most popular TV programs in recent history.
06/09/13 Blue edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-blue-newsletter/
06/09/13 Gold edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-gold-newsletter/
