DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 16, 2014
-- Canada to deport a deaf teenager all by himself!
A deaf teenager who has been living illegally in Canada
has been arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency.
His crime? None! He was chatting with his old high school
friends on the high school property. When it started to
rain, he went inside - thus "violating" the policy that
unregistered students are not allowed inside the building.
The attorney for the Solidarity Across Borders is fighting
the deportation on behalf of this deaf teenager. The
Canadian agency is stubborn and is still going ahead with
the deportation to Mexico, his native country. He has no
one in Mexico to look after him.
-- an insensitive comment by a former Boston mayor
Thomas M. Menino is a past mayor of Boston. He was
in New York City to give a talk about a book that
he was writing. After his talk, the audience started
to ask him questions. The very first question was from
a deaf woman, wanting to know why the museums in
Boston were not deaf friendly (no interpreters,
no captions, no scripts, no nothing). Menino replied:
talk to the new mayor!
-- a check-off list for deaf seeking government services
If one goes to McDonalds, they can use the check-off list
for their menu choices - hamburger, french fries, soft
drink, etc. In Fukui City in Japan, the local government
people are coming up with a check-off list for the
benefit of deaf residents that seek assistance -
examples are registering for a local election, paying
utility bills, request for a street sign, request to
fill up a pot hole, etc, etc. The government clerk
will then point the deaf person to the right office.
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