DeafDigest - 29 June 2021

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - June 29, 2021 -- the hard-of-hearing phone What is the hard-of-hearing phone? It was mentioned in a newspaper story. Is it talking about the Captel, which shows captions of what the caller said? Always an interesting way of saying the same thing in different words!   -- a family argument led to a police taser A family argument led to a husband walking away and refusing to return to his car. The police arrived but they did not know what was going on and were not able to understand gestures from the angry man. Instead of requesting an interpreter, the police simply tasered this deaf man. Because of the taser, they are facing a lawsuit!   -- hearing actress wants to befriend a fake-deaf character EastEnders, a wildly popular British TV soap opera, is featuring actress Suzette Llewellyn, who is not deaf. She is urging her script writers to have her "befriend" a fake-deaf actress. She said that in real life, she has some deaf friends and is learning British Sign Language.   Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ 06/27/21 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/

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