DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 18, 2015
-- something new in a movie
Actress Tessa Thompson, who is hard of hearing, is
in a new movie - Creed, which is about boxing. This
movie is showing something new - a hearing aid!
For many movies, actors hide their hearing aids,
but Tessa is proud to show her hearing aid and
the audience can see it. She has a lifelong
hearing loss, it is getting worse as she gets
older. She said it is about time Hollywood
show the real disabled actors instead of
faking about it. A picture of her is at:
http://35.182.75.222/movie-star-with-hearing-loss/
-- the nation's toughest captioning law
What would be the nation's toughest captioning law?
Easy answer - FCC's own rules. Not quite! It
is Portland, Oregon. The Portland commissioners
are discussing a tough proposal - which would
require captions at bars, hospitals, barbershops,
dental offices. A group of deaf people is
pushing for the law - because they have asked
waiters and bartenders to turn on the captions
only to be refused. It is hoped that once
Portland passes this law, hundreds of American
cities will copy it.
-- Deaf Bridge may shut down vehicle traffic
The Zero Bridge (actually Zorr Bridge) in
Srinagar, Kashmir has been closed to traffic
since 2010, because its wood structure was too
weak to handle heavy vehicle traffic. The
municipal government has renovated the bridge,
but wants it as a walkaway instead of cars
and trucks. Fierce debate is going on right
now. It is often called Deaf Bridge - because
the contractor who built the bridge years ago
was deaf. Zorr, in Kashmir language, means deaf.
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