DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, July 19, 2016
-- from Gallaudet problems to Captioning & relay problems
If we have problems with TV captions or video relay,
then Suzy Rosen Singleton is the contact person.
She is new to FCC, replacing Greg Hlibok. At Gallaudet
she was the Ombuds, the campus fix-it person.
Her priority should be shortening the FCC response
to our issues. It normally takes FCC weeks,
with too much paperwork, to respond to us.
A picture is at:
http://35.182.75.222/new-fcc-deaf-chief/
-- a new way of finding a last minute interpreter
A deaf man in New Brunswick thought he had a
heart attack and was taken to a hospital.
Expecting an interpreter, there was none!
Out of desperation, the deaf man's wife
used Facebook to try to find a last minute
interpreter. A 14-year old kid, with sign
language skills, showed up and saved the
day! DeafDigest hopes this is not the best
way to find interpreters anywhere in the
world.
-- a confession by a TV program director
TV director Brad Falchuk said:
It was very hard to find people who could really
sing, really act, and have that charisma you
need on TV.
This is what he told USA Today in an interview.
What he means - deaf actors can't act and
hearing actors can act, and so, they play
fake-deaf roles. Not best news for us
especially when we havd deaf actors
so desperate for roles.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- Economist, deaf with a big corporation
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
07/17/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
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