DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 15, 2013
-- deaf trapped in confusion over shooting at airport
We have read about the shooting at the Los Angeles airport
on November 1st by Paul Anthony Ciancia. It caused the
airport to shutdown, evacuating thousands of people. It
was just learned that two of these people were deaf;
they were working behind a booth at the airport to
promote deaf awareness. They did not know what was
going on and no one were telling them anything - just
being told to get out of the building! A cruel irony -
promoting deafness awareness yet hearing people were
not making them aware of an emergency!
-- wearing a Gallaudet cap
Reed Doughty, who has a serious hearing loss but
functions as a hearing person, plays for the Washington
Redskins. He was the honorary captain of the Gallaudet
football team in its victorious game against Anna Maria
College on November 9th. He watched the game with his
family from the stands, and said it was quite an
experience seeing the players and the fans communicate
in sign language. He then wore the Gallaudet cap while
going to the Redskins Park for football practice.
-- the best deaf real estate salesperson in USA?
The New York Daily News ran a full story on deaf realtor
Jackie Roth, a broker with the Douglas Elliman residential
real estate brokerage. It is the largest brokerage in
the metro New York area and the fourth largest in USA,
with 4,000 realtors in 70 offices. The story said that
Jackie is an elite producer, part of the company's Top
Producers. Only 40 top realtors could make the list.
This would make her the nation's top deaf realtor! We
have a number of deaf realtors across USA and she
outranks them.
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