DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, January 17, 2014
-- are we forgetting other deaf NFL players?
there is so much publicity over Derrick Coleman,
Seattle Seahawks, who is just one win away from
reaching the Super Bowl that we would easily
forget something. He is not the first profoundly
deaf player in NFL. Bonnie Sloan played in
the NFL in 1973 with St Louis (now Arizona)
Cardinals. An oralist, he did not know signs.
The second one was Kenny Walker, who played
for Denver Broncos in 1991 and 1992. He was not
an oralist and used ASL. Derrick is the third one.
-- a famed deaf moviemaker comes back
Before the movies went digital, the #1 deaf filmmaker
was Peter Wolf with his Deafula, I Love You, But and
Think Me Nothing movies. He has been quiet for the past
10-15 years but has come back - with a re-made
"I Love you, But" movie that is being featured next
month in a Thousand Oaks, CA moviehouse. The
original film was shot in 35 mm, and is being
presented with new digital 5.1 stero surround sound.
This movie available for sale on DVD or through a
digital distribution? No. Must come to the moviehouse!
Captioned? Voice? Yes on both. Glad to see you back,
Peter!
-- Deaf students hate this type of interpreting
Riverland Community College in Minnesota has
deaf students attending classes. Interpreter?
Yes, but not in person, but through students'
iPads. They hate it, even if the interpreting
on the screen is clear and sharp. Why? Because
iPad does not help them mingle with hearing
students and professors before and after the
classes. Nothing beats a live, in-person
interpreter!
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