DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 19, 2016
-- Hearing Australians hate sign language on TV
Australian Rules Football is as popular
in Australia as much as NFL is in USA.
Coming up soon is the Grand Final
(just like our Super Bowl). Deaf fan
Ramas McRae has filed a complaint with the
Australian Human Rights Commission because
the Australian football people would not
hire an interpreter for the Grand Final
on TV. The league said captions is enough.
Word got around and hearing people becamse
abusive towards the deaf on social media.
One of the comments was this -
You moron, are you stupid? Are you paying
for the interpreter or is the taxpayer
paying for it? There are bigger issues
in the world then an interpreter
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/australian-abuse-towards-the-deaf/
-- a 911 call lacked an important detail
Earlier this month, someone in Kentucky called 911
for police assistance involving a man who was
getting violent in an apartment. Police arrived
and yelled at the man to drop his weapon. The
man didn't, and was out of control. Police shot
him and he died. The 911 caller never told
the dispatcher that the man was deaf; the police
had no way of knowing of the man's deafness.
A real tragedy.
-- Uber's hypocrisy
Is Uber a big hypocrite? Not too many months ago
Uber was touting the deaf drivers the company
has hired. Abd said it is still pushing for more
of them to hire. Now this - Uber is trying to
put self-driving vehicles on the streets,
beginning in Pittsburgh. If this plan expands
nationawide, then what will Uber do with the
deaf drivers they said they were proud to hire?
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- Educator's Grand Slam
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
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