DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, March 18, 2015
-- a well known school to teach future deaf truck drivers
For years the deaf have fought the US Department of
Transportation to permit deaf truckdrivers across
state lines. We are slowly seeing more new deaf truck
drivers. It was learned that a well known school has a
class to teach the deaf to drive trucks. It is the
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf (SWCID)!
Already a deaf man from India quit his job to enroll
at SWCID truck driving classes.
-- a deaf man in the high world of finance & economics
We are always reading about the Wall Street, US Treasury,
World Bank, European Union, etc, etc, but not about
the deaf in these high financial and economic places.
Do we have one? Yes - Ken O'Neill, deaf since birth,
is an assistant statistician with the Office of the
Chief Economic Adviser in Scotland. Is he interested
in the needs of the deaf? Yes. He is trying to invent
economic and finance signs for the British Sign Language.
-- two outstanding deaf photographers
Many deaf people love photography. We have two deaf
photographers that are outstanding. One is Michael
Pimentel, Fremont, CA, who is a sports photographer.
He has had his pictures published in the Sports
Illustrated, ESPN Magazine, New York Times, etc.
Another outstanding photographer is Tate Tullier,
Gonzales, LA. He takes pictures of weddings,
families and fashion. What do Michael and
Tate have in common? They taught themselves
photography, having never attended classes at
photography schools!
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