DeafDigest Blue - May 20, 2018 Blue Edition http://deafdigest.com/ - updated every Monday Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 22nd year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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/lincolnsigns/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/blackouts-and-the-deaf/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/cheap-or-expensive-cart-or-interpreters-for-deaf/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/legislators/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- surviving in these pre-ADA years http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/deaf-volunteer-fire-fighter/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: A bill was passed to change the functions of the state Commission of Deaf, Deafblind and Hard-of-Hearing in Minnesota. Reason was to make more efficient the commission functions. For many years, deaf people of Finland faced discrimination. A recent workshop sponsored by the Finnish Association of the Deaf has addressed this issue. A deaf leader in New Zealand complained that closed captions really do not help the deaf because they rely on New Zealand sign language interpreters. For that reason, he said that the deaf are the last to know when the government makes an announcement. Kalindi Persadh has become the first deaf woman to enroll at a medical school in South Africa (UKZN Nelson Mandela School of Medicine). There was a story of some deaf people, with CI's, going through Electrotherapy in order to relieve the pain inside their heads! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- position opening Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Success Gallaudet University Washington, DC go to: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE Many states are broke; many school systems are broke. They have a hard time deciding - to hire cheap interpreters or expensive interpreters. Also, to hire cheap CART operators or expensive CART operators. A cheap interpreter and a cheap CART operator may show low quality with many mistakes. An expensive interpreter and an expensive CART operator will show best quality with very few errors. What is the best choice? It is hard to decide, but DeafDigest prefers expensive interpreters and expensive CART operators because of less errors. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/cheap-or-expensive-cart-or-interpreters-for-deaf/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 SOME STATE LEGISLATORS ARE FUNNY This is a true story. Years ago, a deaf political advocate wanted his home state to pass a bill to give discounts for deaf people that use TTY to make long distance calls. People told him that the legislators will vote against the bill. This deaf leader did his homework, practicing with friends on debates, reading on legislative rules, making contacts with deaf community, etc. He arrived at the state capitol ready for a fight; his arms were carrying materials to show the legislators. The legislators saw him and told him to go home because they already passed the bill before he arrived. Was the deaf man happy? No, he was very upset because he felt he wasted his time doing his homework! And he drove more than 2 hours from his home for nothing. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/legislators/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale Outside, the rain was heavy The deaf son thought his hearing mother said: It is boring The hearing mother actually said: It is pouring -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series One thing that I think some people don't consider when they are working with CART captioners is where the CART captioners will sit or how they will position themselves to the proceedings so that they can hear what is going on. I read somewhere that a person who was a CART consumer thought that, as a group, sign language interpreters had better hearing than CART captioners. I really don't believe that that is true. I think, as a group, our hearing is about the same. I believe that one of the differences might be that interpreters are many times right in the middle of what is being said, but a CART captioner might be positioned over to the side. A sign language interpreter is often able to look directly at the person speaking, while the person speaking is often behind or out of sight of the CART captioner. Sometimes a CART captioner might be more looked upon as a machine rather than as a person who has to be able to see and hear what is going on. People have to remember that, just because a CART captioner is using a machine, it is not the machine that is inputting the information to be translated. The person sitting behind the keys has to hear, understand, and input what is being said. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Can we imagine a percentage of proceeds from NASCAR earmarked for a school for the deaf? Of course not. Proceeds go into NASCAR individuals' pockets. Well, in South Korea, a percentage of proceeds from its motorboat racing industry go to The Nippon Foundation. This foundation, over the years, have used the money to finance educational and training programs for the deaf in several nations. The most recent recipient is a new bilingual school for the deaf, the first in Japan. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: At the Gallaudet graduation ceremony, the featured speaker was Raymond H. LaHood, the head of the US Department of Transportation. He gave a great speech, emphasizing his roots with the deaf - his agency hiring the deaf, serving the congressional district that includes Illinois School for the Deaf and serving on the Gallaudet board of trustees. Yet, what LaHood did not mention was interesting. He did not mention anything about his agency's work in helping the deaf truck drivers get their Class B commercial driver's licenses! This was a major breakthrough that LaHood did not mention. Maybe he felt the Gallaudet audience was not appropriate for his comments about deaf truckers? -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 2018 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. DeafDigest conditions and terms http://deafdigest.com/deaf-digest-conditions-and-terms/ for sub options, go to deafdigest.com and look at tabs -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Attention: the employment ads section is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ All new jobs will be immediately posted in that section