DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, February 21, 2014
-- a deaf member of Canadian women's hockey team
DeafDigest editor overlooked another deaf participant in
the winter Olympics. It is Meghan Agosta-Marciano, a
member of the Canadian women's hockey team. She played
collegiate hockey at Mercyhurst University in Pennsylvania,
and in the game against USA, she attempted 6 shots on goal
but didn't score. While she is deaf, she does not use ASL.
-- sign language still being mocked
We remember the fake interpreting scandal that has embarrassed
South Africa. Yet, there may still be few South African
government officials that do not respect sign language.
Susan Shabangu, the South African Minister of Mining,
was caught on a video as mocking sign language, moving
her hands around nonsensically, while listening to a
government speech.
-- a special auto repair shop in Texas
Silent Automotive is an auto repair shop located
in Austin, Texas. It is deaf owned, deaf run and
deaf staffed. No one is there to answer telephone
calls, but which is quickly forwarded to a relay
service. Joel Martinez, the shop owner, said
they feel the vibration to know what the car
problems are. On Yelp, which can make or break
a business, a happy hearing customer posted a
very positive comment after getting the car
repaired by them at a very reasonable cost
and with a short waiting time.
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