DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 21, 2016
-- Hearing developer kicks out a deaf business
Just only few months ago, a Deaf Cafe opened up
for business in Cape Town, South Africa.
Everyone was thrilled about a group of deaf
people operating their own business. The
joy is shortlived. The building where the
Deaf Cafe is located has been sold. And
the new developer plans to demolish the
building at the end of this year. He wants
to replace it with a modern new building.
In the meantime, the deaf group is looking
around for a new site - not that easy. A
picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-cafe-to-be-demolished/
-- Deaf EMT to the rescue of a deaf accident victim
It was mentioned a short time ago that Nechama Lobel,
who is deaf, has become Israel's first deaf EMT.
A deaf woman was hurt in a bicycle accident.
The regular EMT crew had a hard time communicating
with her, so asked the deaf EMT to come over
to help. She came over and calmed down the injured
woman, while explaining to the crew parts of
her body that was hurting her.
-- the deaf and the VR
Some VR agencies do a great job. But many don't -
for many reasons - lack of counselors, politics,
high turnover, poor job placement rates, and
poorly spent funds. There are federal laws
that entitle the deaf to VR services, but
these laws are not followed in some states.
Take Maryland as an example; the waiting list
is 18 months! This is the reason why some
deaf students move to states that provide
better VR services. This is a scandal that
not too many people know about.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- dog, fooling his deaf master
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
09/18/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
