DeafDigest Blue - November 19, 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/auto-dealership-or-deaf-social-club/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/dog-for-the-deaf/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-interpreters-expensive-in-england/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-deaf-big-shock/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- anti-closed captioning comment by a politician http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/capone-deaf-son/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Uber has pulled out of Quebec due to regulatory squabbles. As a result, several deaf Uber drivers in this province have lost their jobs. A deaf person was a victim of a crime in India. The Supreme Court is now arguing on how much money to compensate the deaf victim. Some of the justices felt that the lower court payment order was too low. An activist made an issue in a web posting regarding describing the deaf as either hearing impaired or hearing disabled or hard of hearing. Florida Blue, a state health care provider, has been praised for providing employment opportunities for the deaf. The Third Circuit refused to review the case in which the Cinemark USA movie chain was required to provide an interpreter for a deaf-blind patron. In other words, the deaf-blind patron can continue enjoying movies with an interpreter. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 relay 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 DISABILITY LAWS IN GREAT BRITAIN In Great Britain, they have a law - Disability Discrimination Act (DAA), which is almost same as our ADA. An oral deaf woman asked for an oral interpreter for her new job. The British government said no. She sued the government and lost. Why did she lose? The DAA allows government to say no, if the cost of interpreter is too expensive! The woman was earning about $78,000. The cost of oral interpreters for her would be about $390,000 per year. This is the reason why the British government said no! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-interpreters-expensive-in-england/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale in an oral school, the principal was introducing a new student to a new teacher the deaf student thought the principal said: this is Miss Butter the principal actually said: this is Miss Mutter -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube A BIG SHOCK FOR TWO DEAF BROTHERS Two deaf brothers graduated from an oral school. They did not know sign language. Their deaf parents were oralists, and never used sign language at home. Both brothers went to Gallaudet where they became ASL experts. They came home for the summer months from Gallaudet. At home, both brothers got the biggest shock of their lives. The big shock was that their deaf parents finally used ASL at home! They were hiding their ASL from their sons for many years. They felt safe using ASL when their sons went to Gallaudet. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-deaf-big-shock/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series This week our nation will celebrate a holiday when we can slow down and reflect on the many blessings we have in our lives. As a profession, court reporters and realtime captioners have much to be grateful for. They have skills and talents that are necessary to record and communicate important messages in our fast-paced world. I personally am very thankful for the hard work of the realtime captioners who bring us newscasts, sporting events, and other live broadcasts. Much of their work must be done when others of us choose to spend time with our families and friends. Most sporting events take place on the weekends, and newscasts are often during dinnertime or at bedtime for many of us. There are live events that must be captioned on holidays. When a disaster strikes or an emergency takes place, captioners must be there at all hours of the day and night. Thank you to all of you who have worked hard over the years to bring access via captioning and CART to people across America. For all of you who read steno, may I take this opportunity to say: HAP/PEU/THA*PBGS/TKPWEUFG For those of you who do not read steno, Happy Thanksgiving to you! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Does Richard Branson, the flamboyant international entrepreneur, dislike the disabled, especially the Deaf-Blind. He owns Virgin Airlines, an Australian air carrier. Brenden Borellini, a Deaf-Blind Australian, was kicked out of one Virgin flight. What was Brendan's crime? That he is Deaf-Blind and the Virgin employees did not want to be responsible for him in case there was a disaster. The irony is that Brenden is an experienced traveler, who has been traveling all his life since he was at the age of four. And when Brenden travels out of Australia, it is not by an automobile. Australia, being an island, requires air travel to anywhere in the world. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Do deaf people lipread themselves better than lipreading other lips? Yes, according to a team of researchers from Washington University. DeafDigest editor has never tried to read his own lips and so, cannot say if this theory is valid. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2017 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. DeafDigest conditions and terms http://deafdigest.com/deaf-digest-conditions-and-terms/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Attention: the employment ads section is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ All new jobs will be immediately posted in that section