DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, March 17, 2015
-- a surprise about a school for the deaf
Rochester School for the Deaf is well known. Many
deaf people have known about or have heard about
this school. But there is a big surprise with this
school. Deaf people in the Rochester area watch
local captioned news on two TV stations (WHAM-TV 13
and WUHF-TV 31). Who pays for these captions?
Rochester School for the Deaf! This is the pleasant
surprise.
-- last laugh at a deaf basketball tournament
This month, there have been deaf regional basketball
tournaments. The best teams move on to the national
tournament. The championship game of one regional
tournament involved a "broke" team of players
paying for own travel expenses, lodging and meals.
The coach of the other team paid out of his pockets
to bring in top players with free train and plane
tickets. Who won the championship? The broke team!
Said one fan - money don't buy a championship.
-- sign language not allowed in legislative sessions
A hearing legislator introduced himself, using sign
language before addressing the need for interpreters.
His sign langauge efforts pleased the deaf. It did
not please the other legislators. In fact they scolded
him, saying sign language was a violation of
legislative courtesy. This legislator did not agree.
Neither did the deaf organization that was pushing
for this interpreter legislation. It did not happen
in USA, but in Japan, at the Hyogo Prefecture!
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