DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, January 22, 2016
-- Hollywood refuses to caption movie songs
Individuals representing AgBell have filed a lawsuit
in California over refusal of Hollywood to caption
movie songs. Hollywood will caption conversations
but not songs. A picture of this refusal is at:
http://deafdigest.com/no-captions/
-- sign langauge is unsafe
Sign Language usage is unsafe? No, it is not -
but unfortunately, there was an incident. It
took place in Burlington, NC, a city of some
50,000 people. A deaf man was chatting with
his friend in ASL and was attacked by a hearing
stranger. He thought it was gang signs. It
happened last week. The deaf man is in stable
condition and the attacker was caught. It is
not the first time it has happened.
-- two inmates walking away from court room
Two inmates, awaiting sentencing on charges of
assault and battery, were released by the
courtroom officer. They just walked out.
They were caught just steps away from the
court building when the judge and the officers
realized something went wrong. The officer
was deaf and misunderstood the judge's
instructions to keep them in custody and let
them free! It took place, not in USA, but
in Cardiff, Wales!
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