DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, December 17, 2014
-- a video of a deaf club
A video was posted on the Youtube about the Austin
Association of the Deaf. It was mostly narrated by
club president Jo Bienvenu, explaining that while
her club thrives, there is a worry about its role
in Deaf Culture. Jo sees many young deaf people
in Austin that do not attend events at the club
While many clubs closed up, there are a few
thriving deaf clubs - such as Pittsburgh Association
of the Deaf and the Buffalo Club of the Deaf. And
speaking of the Buffalo Club, the club locations,
past and present, are unusual:
http://deafdigest.com/buffalo-club-of-the-deaf/
(as a young man, DeafDigest editor wanted to play
softball, and joined the Long Island Club for the
Deaf team. It was his first real introduction into
Deaf Culture. Sadly, this club no longer exists)
-- a surprise about deaf and hearing brothers/sisters
Many deaf children grow up in families of hearing parents
and hearing brothers/sisters. What is a big surprise
about it? That they, at home, don't realize the deafness
of a family member. It is only when the family is outside
- like a restaurant, a family wedding, a family picnic, that
they realize a family member is deaf! Says who? Says
Barbara Ray, who wrote a dissertation about it at the
University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
-- another video of a deaf wedding
The wedding of Duncan McKenzie and Nesta Holgate was
filmed. This film attracted very strong interest in
the deaf community. There really was nothing so special
about the couple. Why the interest? It was a wedding
that took place in 1940 in Yorkshire, a British town.
Someone filmed it and forgot all about it for years.
Only recently, someone discovered the film and had it
converted to a video for a Youtube posting. What
became of Duncan and Nesta? They had their ups and
downs but the marriage survived until death. They
had a son, but he was taken away for adoption
for reasons no one knows why!
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