DeafDigest - 21 August 2018

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - August 21, 2018     -- airline wasted ASL-fluent flight attendant A deaf couple boarded an airline. On duty on that flight was a flight attendant that knew ASL. It was wasted because no one at the airline admitting gate told the flight crew about that deaf couple. As a result, the ASL-fluent flight attendant was assigned to a different part of the plane whereas the deaf couple was seated in another part! A picture is at: http://deafdigest.com/seated-deaf-and-far-away-interpreter/   -- interpreter worries about "mirror" A mirror while interpreting worries one interpeter. He said that if he uses his fingers to point something on the left side, the deaf people will think he is pointing to something on the right side!   -- different way to explain captions Deaf people know captions means captions. Some hearing people think differently. One said: the TV with the words below     Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- deaf school that closed up quickly http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ 08/19/18 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/  

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