DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, July 15, 2014
-- the Archie comic book
it was announced yesterday that the Archie comic
book will close. Archie, the famous character, has
died. This comic book started in 1939. Over the
years, have we seen a deaf character? Yes! An
early 1972 Archie edition ran a story "The Sound
of Silence" about Stella, a deaf kid. Archie
"teaches" the deaf girl how to read lips! Nothing
about ASL in the story. The only mention of a
deaf organization is "National Children's Fund for
the Deaf." Disappointing? Yes, but it was during
the seventies when sign language was not yet popular!
-- no interpreter for an elected deaf member of city council
Montesano, Washington is a small town of about 4,000
people, at a long distance away from either Seattle or
Vancouver. Marisa Salzer, who is deaf, is a member of
the city council. She has repeatedly asked for an
interpreter for council meetings. The city always
turned her down. Having no choice, she filed a formal
complaint with the state Human Rights Commission. The
city woke up but said they "never" denied her an
interpreter. Is the city lying? Yes.
-- a construction firm that hires the deaf
Do we have many deaf people working on construction
jobs? Over the years, just a few. Have we read of
a construction company that wants to hire the deaf?
Not in USA, but in England! There was a story today
of the Nutshell Construction in Sompting, England, a
town of some 8,500 people that have been hiring the
deaf for construction jobs. Too bad, it is not in USA.
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