DeafDigest - 19 October 2017

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - October 19, 2017   -- A Regal Entertainment Group honor with irony The Al Shapiro Distinguished Service Award is given annually to an individual that has so much to promote the cause of good movies for the public to view. An executive with the Regal Entertainment Group just won this honor for his work to promote movie captions. Only it was not open captions at regular movie hours, only at non-peak hours. During peak hours, deaf movie viewers had to pick up these captioning devices. He wanted captions as his son was deaf, but this type of captions was not what the deaf community wanted. The irony was that people felt deaf son wanted open captions! A picture is at: http://deafdigest.com/device-we-hate/   -- most successful deaf success story Patrick Robinson is the most successful deaf success story. He currently is the executive director with E. H. Gentry, an adult independent living center, part of the Alabama School for the Deaf complex. He grew up poor in an impoverished part of Alabama. Attending a public school, he was promoted each year - but with a catch. He was not able to read or write, but continued getting promoted. His parents then sent him to Alabama School for the Deaf. He caught up in leaps and bounds, and enrolled at Gallaudet and then earned masters afterwards, He said his teachers expected nothing of him at the public school. This is the most successful deaf success story!   -- A Silent Voice, the cartoon "A Silent Voice" is a cartoon that features a young hearing man being punished for bullying a deaf girl at school. He harassed her, made fun of her deafness, and threw her hearing aids into a pond. Even when the deaf girl tried to be friends with him, he continued to bully her. As a result this hearing man lost all of his friends - and has to repay the deaf girl for the costs of the hearing aids he destroyed. This cartoon is shown in Japan.     Latest deaf jobs http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- lipreading Queen Elizabeth http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ 10/15/17 Blue and Gold editions at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/

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