DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, March 19, 2015
-- telling the world you are deaf
Do you want to tell the world that you are deaf?
The Komae-shi municipal government, part of the Tokyo
metropolitan area, will be distributing special
vests. On the back of these vests are these
words - I am deaf - shown in reflective tape.
What this means is that deafness may become
less of an invisible disability!
-- be careful if you sign the word "pig"
A deaf man was arrested in Cumbria, a city in
Great Britain. He was charged for being drunk
and disorderly in public. Angry, he called the
arresting officer "pig" in sign language.
But the police officer was fluent in British
Sign Language and did not appreciate being
called a pig. The court agreed with the officer
and fined the deaf man and gave him a year
probation, with a warning to behave in public.
-- the deaf in a famous TV program
A famous TV show is The Jerry Springer Show, which
shows the worst in human behavior. Any deaf
connections? Jerry's daughter is deaf. And he
donated $230,000, in honor of his deaf daughter
to a public school in Evanston, Illinois. And one
of the past show participants was a deaf stripper
trying to deal with a husband that has dumped her
to be with his half-sister. And the hot news
right now is that Jill Blackstone, his show
producer, has been accused of murdering her
deaf sister. This case has been dropped by the
district attorney, but the police is still
investigating.
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