DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, June 23, 2016
-- Deaf Art: Deaf Hands
In the early eighties, the NAD commissioned deaf portrait
artist William Sparks to do a painting of late deaf leader
Frederick C. Schreiber. One of the first things Sparks asked
for were pictures of Schreiber's hands, saying it was
the key to the planned portrait. Hands? Well, there was
a story today of Jennifer Nelson, Gallaudet professor of
English, who is doing a summer residence-in-training in
Deaf Art in Minnesota. She said the same thing that Sparks
said years ago - Hands are important to deaf people. A
picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/hands-important-to-deaf/
-- the hearing car salesman was a jerk
This is a true story. A deaf man entered an automobile
dealership, looking to buy a new car. The deaf man
agreed on the price of the new car and was ready to
sign papers. The salesman led the deaf man to the
office of the sales manager. The salesman who liked
to joke around, said something innapropriate about
the deaf, thinking the deaf man wasn't watching him.
The deaf man saw the sales manager's weird body
language (in reaction to the inappropriate joke),
suddenly turned his head and lipread these words.
What happened? The deaf man walked out, without
signing papers - and the salesman lost his sale!
-- hiring only the deaf
Todd Hubbard is a deaf architect in Louisiana,
owning his own archictural firm. He works
with metal structures in buildings and houses,
and is currently working on a restaurant building.
His policy is simple - hire the deaf. If they
want to work hard, he will hire them.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- library fingerprinting, deaf publications
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
06/19/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
