DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - April 21, 2017
-- Lyft offers deaf drivers two great features
We read bad news about Uber; this company is losing a lot
of money and rumors are that they may lay off drivers.
Just hope they will keep deaf drivers. Now for Lyft,
this competitor has offered two new features.
The read-out device on the dashboard will say
"NEW RIDE" each time hearing passengers request
a Lyft ride. This would quickly alert the deaf
Lyft driver. The second feature is at:
http://deafdigest.com/message-for-hearing-passengers/
-- a puzzling misunderstanding
A former deaf IBM employee filed a lawsuit, claiming
discrimination on the job. IBM reached settlement,
offering $200,000. The deaf man thought it was
$200,000,000 based on the sign language by the
attorney. As a result he refused to sign papers,
and has filed a lawsuit against his former
attorney. This is puzzling. The sign for
thousands (tapping the palm once) is much
different from millions (tapping the palm
several times with both hands moving slightly
forward). And besides if the attorney
mouthed the word "thousands" while signing,
the deaf person could have caught it. And
the attorney is a Coda with a fluent knowledge
of ASL!
-- no way of knowing the driver is deaf
There was a meeting between police officers
in small New Hampshire towns and the deaf
community. Same story - what should the deaf
driver do during traffic stops, and also
what should the police officer also do?
One police officer explained that when he
stops a driver, he has no way of knowing
from the rear if the driver is deaf.
Once he learns of driver's deafness, then
many thoughts race across the cop's mind
- lipreading, texting, gesturing, note taking
or asking for an interpreter. A minor traffic
stop, instead of remaining just minor, could
escalate into tragic consequences.
Latest deaf jobs
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- Civil War and the deaf
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
4/16/17 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
