DeafDigest - 24 August 2021

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - August 24, 2021 -- being diabetic without realizing it A deaf father became diabetic without realizing it. Doctors told him he has diabetes but because of bad and/or lack of interpreters the father didn't really understand what he was being told. His hearing son volunteered to interpret for him and learned of his father's diabetic condition. ADA? Probably in these early days when hospitals did not fully realize what ADA was all about! Would have never happened nowadays.   -- our first Deaf Hero A newspaper story said that deaf actress Lauren Ridoff is our first Deaf Hero. This is not accurate. The first Deaf Hero was Lou Ferrigno, who played the role of Hulk in The Incredible Hulk (1977-1981). We are just glad that we now have our own second Deaf Hero right now.   -- the impossible Music Historians of classical music said that Beethoven, who was deaf, was not supposed to compose his Ninth Symphony! That historian said deafness is the reason why Ninth Symphony was "impossible." Of course, Beethoven proved them wrong and for that reason he is an immortal in the world of classical music.   Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ 08/22/21 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/

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