DeafDigest - 23 June 2021

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - June 23, 2021 -- our most powerful deaf females Who are the most powerful deaf females? These are Shirley Pinto (Israel), Pilar Lima (Spain), Helga Stevens (Belgium), Amanda Folendorf (California), Helene Jarmer (Austria), Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen (South Africa), Mojo Mathers (New Zealand) and Dimitra Arapoglou (Greece). They were profiled in a big story today - serving as public servants (elected officials, lawmakers, legislators, etc). We, however, need more powerful deaf female Americans, as there is only one - Folendorf.   -- a film story may not be realistic Kiernan Shipka played a fake-deaf role in the film - The Silence. The character was portrayed as late-deafened, but learning lip reading and sign language within a short span of three years. Realistic or not? Lip reading and sign language more or less requires lifetime practice and learning - but in three years? No way!   -- a restaurant comes back after 20 years absence A restaurant - The Italian Oven, McLean, Virginia, has come back after being closed up 20 years ago. The owner - Robert Esposito is deaf and was said to have strong community roots with the deaf. His family members ran the restaurant before it was closed; Robert stepped in and had the restaurant re-started.   Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ 06/20/21 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/    

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