DeafDigest - 22 March 2017

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - March 22, 2017 -- deaf children in yellow school buses Deaf schools transport local deaf children to classes in yellow school buses. It is always scary when there are bus accidents. It happened to one deaf school last week. Aand even worse - more scary when such school buses pass red stop signs! An angry driver took a video of a deaf school bus that passed a stop sign! The video went viral. The deaf school is looking into it. The school bus, however was contracted to the deaf school by a local school bus company. A picture is at: http://deafdigest.com/yellow-school-bus-accident/   -- a comment from a national association on 911 The National Emergency Number Association made this comment - that many local 911 systems are very difficult for many deaf people to use. This national association is fighting to improve ease of 911 for use by the deaf during emergencies.   -- Derrick Coleman signs a new NFL contract Derrick Coleman, who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks, did not play football last season because of legal and medical issues. He is coming back, signing a contract to play for the Atlanta Falccons. We will see if he makes the final cut prior to the 2017 season- opening kickoff. Oh, by the way, he is deaf.   Latest deaf jobs http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- school for deaf, miraculous recovery http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ 3/19/17 Blue and Gold editions at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/

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