DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, August 22, 2014
-- a small town deaf councilman votes twice on the same motion
Keith Dawkins, a deaf councilman from Hartlepool, a small town in
United Kingdom, wears a hearing aid to allow him to function
as normally as possible. During a recent heated vote on a
controversial motion, he voted twice without realizing it.
He voted to support the motion and then voted against the motion.
When the teller pointed it out to him, Keith realized his
error and was allowed to vote for the third time after fully
understanding the motion. Hearing aid? For some reason he
was not using his hearing aid at that time!
-- an autistic deaf person was a keynote speaker
Mathew Townsend, who is deaf and is an autistic, recently
gave a keynote speech at Australia's Autism in Education National
Conference. He was given a standing ovation by 450 people
in the audience. He holds a degree in Environmental Science
and plans to go for his masters in Environmental Management.
Future employment? He hopes so because discrimination against
autistic (and deaf) people is very strong in Australia.
-- a third Gallaudet player NFL may be interested in
In recent years we have had two Gallaudet football players
that attracted interest from pro football scouts. First was
Tony Tatum, who is now with the Cleveland Gladiators of
the Arena Football League. The second was Adham Talaat, who
got tryouts with three NFL teams (Seahawks, Chiefs and Giants).
Possibly right now we have a third player - Jaris Alleyne.
A scouting report said: Gallaudet the last two years has
produced Pro Football Prospects Tony Tatum and Adham Talaat,
but Alleyne might be the best of the three.
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