DeafDigest Blue - August 20, 2017 Blue Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://deafdigest.com - updated every Monday America's Unique Deaf Stories; subscription at no cost to you Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 21st year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-not-hear-fighting-voices/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-actors-cut-out-of-movies/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/white-captions-perfect-for-deaf-low-vision/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/interpreter-for-deaf-video-or-in-person/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- CDI's, few facts http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/british-deaf-friendly-apartments-proposal/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: An activist posted on a blog saying that fund raising, on behalf of deaf service agencies, generates unwanted public sympathy on the deaf! A petition has been started by the deaf of New Zealand to urge the television network to add interpreters for political candidate debates. The Rwanda National Union of the Deaf is asking that the government make Sign Language an official language. ACLU of Nebraska filed a lawsuit accusing prisons of not providing deaf inmates with their accommodation needs. For many years the Walker Foundation raised money for the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. This function will still continue, but under a different name - the SCSDB Foundation. A spokesperson said the name change reflects school's expanded relationship with donors and community organizations. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- READ WHAT THEY SAY Unlock the phone with CapTel® Captioned Telephone! CapTel shows word-for-word captions of everything a caller says over the phone, letting you read everything that they say - Like captions on TV – for the phone! Captions are provided by a free service, no monthly fees or contracts required. For more information or to order call 1-800-233-9130 V/TTY or visit http://www.weitbrecht.com/captel.html For more info about CapTel or any of the many assistive listening devices we offer, email: mailto:sales@weitbrecht.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! CapTel® Captioned Telephone – See What Everyone is Talking About! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates Deaf Dentist; College Park. MD & Gaithersburg, MD (near Washington, DC & Frederick, MD & also Metro Washington) Complete Dental Services; assistants either know ASL or are deaf more information: http://www.drrattner.com/our-team/meet-our-team/ to contact Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates: http://www.drrattner.com/contact/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A REASON FOR WHITE OR YELLOW CAPTIONS A director of a state commission for the deaf told DeafDigest editor last week that there is a reason for white or yellow captions. He said that deaf people with low vision prefer white or yellow captions. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/white-captions-perfect-for-deaf-low-vision/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A deaf friend was chatting with a hearing friend The deaf friend thought hearing person said: I don't like bark. He is a troublemaker The hearing person actually said: I don't like Mark. He is a troublemaker -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube VIDEO INTERPRETER OR INTERPRETER IN PERSON? Sometimes deaf people use video interpreters. Sometimes deaf people use interpreters in person. Why sometimes video and sometimes in person? All depends. With a video interpreter, a deaf person cannot try to depend on him to help him with other things. But with an in-person interpreter, some deaf people are tempted to ask him to help him with other things. Both video and in-person interpreters are not supposed to “help” the deaf person – just interpret and nothing else! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/interpreter-for-deaf-video-or-in-person/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series It is the beginning of a new school year, and many CART captioners are beginning new assignments. Some students are using CART for the very first time. Once again, "CART" stands for "Communication Access Realtime Translation." Many students and professors will be curious about this service. If a student is comfortable disclosing his or her use of CART to the rest of the class, it is an opportunity to explain what CART is to people who have never seen CART. Before using CART in the classroom, everyone involved should have a solid understanding of what will take place. These are a couple questions that need to be answered: Will I be using remote CART or onsite CART? Will I be provided note files of the classes by the CART captioner? Before the school year begins, it is sometimes a good idea to have someone from the disabilities services office, the CART captioner, and the user of CART services sit down and discuss everyone's expectations. The disabilities services office will expect the user to notify the CART captioner promptly if the user is not able to attend class for some reason. The user will expect the CART captioner to show up on time and ready to provide services. CART users should realize that the CART captioners will be blocking out the time periods for their classes for the entire semester. If a CART user cancels the captioner's services by deciding he or she no longer needs services or by dropping a class, the CART captioner may have already turned down other assignments and may be losing that income. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com for Special Notes, go to the bottom of the Gold section -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Did Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing experience a reincarnation? No, but its announcement of Alexander Graham as the new Executive Director seemed like it because of the similarity of these names. To be fair, the middle initial of the new person is T. (Alexander T. Graham). Another question - does the new executive director have background in deafness? No, but his background is in administration of non-profits. Different backgrounds but with nearly-similar names, interesting. note: he is no longer at the helm at AgBell -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: For years a regular stethoscope has been a problem for deaf physicians. From time to time there have been modifications that have helped the deaf physicians use the stethoscope. The latest modification comes in two pieces - an electronic scope that would download the results into a computer. The second is an option, a headset gear attached to the stethoscope. Cost is nearly $600, as contrasted to $250.00 for the best model on the market. Expensive to be a deaf doctor? 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