DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 18, 2015 morning
-- a deaf woman in an important Public Relations job
Could a deaf person function in Public Relations?
It is a big job with headaches, answering tough questions
from the media on controversial issues. Well, Nira Yadin,
who is deaf, is the spokeswoman for Israel's Construction
Minister Yoav Galant. How does she communicate with
the media? She texts and emails. And she has the
100 percent support of her boss, Yoav Galant.
-- deaf member of a gold medal winning culinary team
Assistant chef Simamkele Twani is deaf. He is an important
member of the culinary team at the Protea Hotel Balalaika
Sandton in South Africa. A recent culinary competition
took place between 25 different hotel teams. And
Twani's team won the first place. The competition is
called Cape Legends Inter Hotel Challenge, considerd
to be the Oscars in the hotel industry. Team members
learned sign language in order to communicate with
its deaf member.
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