DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 20, 2013
-- a nursing program says a deaf nurse is a danger to hearing patients!
CoxHealth, a health care network located in Missouri, operates
its own nursing program. Jessica Wells was kicked out of the
program in 2008 after two semesters because of her deafness.
They told her that deafness is a danger to hearing patients.
Angry, she filed a lawsuit and won. Yet, she is unsure of
returning to the CoxHealth program, as she is already
enrolled at Missouri State University.
-- rare deaf referees in a sport
We have deaf referees in basketball, football and umpires in
baseball and softball. Even in some sports such as soccer,
lacrosse, wrestling we also have deaf referees. Hockey?
DeafDigest just learned that we have two deaf referees -
one is Ramesh Arya, who has been refereeing hearing
hockey games in Montreal for 20 years. The other one is
Larry Whittemore, a graduate of American School for the
Deaf; he referees games in the New England area.
-- a vanishing part of Deaf Culture
Years ago Deaf Clubs were a strong part of Deaf Culture.
Practically every city had their own deaf clubs. Times
have changed. In New York City, as far back as late
seventies/early eighties, there were as many as 17
deaf clubs. Nowadays - only two deaf clubs survive -
Brooklyn Society for the Deaf and Staten Island
Club for the Deaf. The deaf people nowadays would
rather socialize with each other at Starbucks than
to attend deaf club events.
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