DeafDigest Blue - October 16, 2005
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Gallaudet is still unbeaten at 6-0 in football
after defeating Williamson Trade 33-24. This 6-0
start is the best in the long history of
Gallaudet football, one of the nation's oldest
collegiate football programs.
Two more games remain on the schedule.
...
As we all know, Beethoven developed his best music
after he became deaf. And making the front page news
everywhere was that his long lost working manuscript,
hidden for years in a dusty library bin, is said to
be valued at around 2 million dollars.
It shows everyone that just because some people
become deaf, their value to society is not lessened.
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Chicago Sky, an expansion team in Women's NBA,
has hired Mike Fischer, a deaf man. He will be
charting game plays and game tapes on the computer
for review by the team coaches.
Mike had been performing same chores for
the University of Minnesota women's team and
for Houston Comets for the past several years.
...
Deaf people that follow comedy in silent films
will be thrilled to learn that Harold Lloyd films
on DVDs will be captioned.
Said a follower of captioned movies "finally glad to
see the recognition he deserves as one of the top 3
silent comedians next to Chaplin and Keaton. And best
of all, the sound features he did are captioned for the
very first time."
These DVDs will come out on the market next month.
To take a look at what these are all about, click on:
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Individuals undergoing chemotherapy risk deafness as
a side effect. This issue has been raised by the Royal
National Institute for Deaf (RNID) in United Kingdom.
The RNID is urging pharmaceutical companies to develop
drugs to combat this deafness side effect.
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ASL IN BIZARRO COMIC STRIP
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THE ULTIMATE EMPLOYMENT ACCOMPLISHMENT
What is the Ultimate Deaf Employment accomplishment? It
is when a deaf person is hired on the spot for a high level
job during the first interview.
DeafDigest editor has known of several deaf individuals
with such an accomplishment. Normally for high level
positions employers give second and in some cases third
interviews before deciding on one applicant.
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National Deaf Academy Announces Its 2006 Conference
"Contemporary Mental Health Issues In Deafness"
Dates:
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May 10th - Evening Reception
May 11th & 12th - Concurrent Sessions
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Conference sessions will focus on a wide variety of topics relating
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All inquiries and proposals can be directed to Elena L. Moore at:
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EMPLOYMENT OF THE DEAF IN AN INDUSTRIAL CITY
As industrial cities go, Akron, Ohio would be considered
as a typical. Blue collar deaf individuals work in factories
and make good wages.
Times have changed. Tire manufacturing plants have fled
the town. And with it, the jobs. Instead of these high paying
jobs in huge manufacturing plants, the deaf people work in
smaller factories, in department stores and in the restaurant
industry.
The same can be said for auto plants in Detroit, cotton
mills in North Carolina and so on.
Many deaf people in these locales need to go into
retraining for different, but better, employment opportunities.
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A MULTILINGUAL CHALLENGE
For us the deaf that rely on pad and pencil or pointing
at posted signs or speaking a single, but easily pronounceable
word when dealing with some hearing people, times have changed.
Immigrants work at fast food outlets, at gas stations, at
hotels. For many of them, their command of English is weak.
and it does not help when many immigrants cling to their mother
tongues, refusing to improve on their English speaking and
English reading skills.
The DeafDigest editor recently had a nightmare. He entered
a fast food stand and the posted menu was out of reach of the
order taker behind the counter. And when the editor pointed at the
sign, asking the order taker to please take a look at it, it was
interpreted as something "threatening." The order taker simply
freaked out; fortunately a co-worker took over and had the order
processed with no problems.
We, the deaf, deal with these multilingual barriers the best
we could.
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THESE UNFRIENDLY SUPERMARKETS
What is an unfriendly supermarket? Let us take the Kroger
supermarkets as an example. A deaf person checking out the
food at these self-service counters, would not hear the
beep telling them something is not right with the scanning
of their food purchases.
What is so wrong about flashing lights that work in
concert with these beeps?
Did these automation engineers forget to take the deaf
into consideration when designing these self-service
machines?
COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series
A CART operator, who is a DeafDigest subscriber, said:
In a recent DeafDigest edition, a mistake was mentioned of
the word "gas" appearing rather than "grass." Because of the
way the steno keyboard is laid out, a captioner would have
to depress the letters TKPWRAS in order to get the word
"grass" to appear on the screen. If the word "gas" was
the desired word, the steno would be TKPWAS. As you
can see, it is not like a typewriter keyboard where
you would type one letter at a time. We are writing many
letters at once so that we can have whole syllables and
words in one stroke, like chords on a piano.
WHAT DO INTERPRETERS HATE?
said a Deaf-blind interpreter I hate it when I interpret for a Deaf-blind student in a
college class, he is being patronized by some teachers.
Deaf-blind students can do as well as other deaf students;
they only just need more time to work on tasks in
the classroom
Attention - all interpreters: if you wish to share your
horror stories, please email these to:
mailto:[email protected]
THESE POLITICAL CARTOONS
DeafDigest editor loves reading these cartoons in
the New Yorker magazine. Many of these cartoons, while
aiming at the hearing audience, can be "converted"
to make points in the Deaf Community.
There is one such cartoon - three men were walking
on the street. First man, in a business suit, worries
about money. Second man, in casual dress, worries
about connecting with women. Third man, in Batman
attire, worries about sequels.
How about this - three deaf individuals in a
Deaf Cartoon? First deaf man, wearing a hearing aid,
worries about his weak battery and being out of spare
batteries on hand. Second deaf man, forgetting his
pen and pad, worries on how to communicate with the
hearing. Third deaf man, enroute to an appointment,
worries about getting a wrong interpreter that would
sign a sign language that is not his.
Such Hearing Worries. Such Deaf Worries.
THESE BY-THE-WAYS
Would be interesting piece of work for a Deaf Statistician
to compile this bit of Deaf Statistics - focusing on
these "by-the-ways."
How often is it that we bump into a hearing person
on some matter, and the hearing person would utter "oh,
by the way, my neighbor is deaf". Or "Oh, by the way,
my son is deaf" and so on.
Hearing people know each other by six degrees. How
many hearing people connect with the deaf by these
"by-the-ways"?
Same six. Or perhaps every tenth person or whatever?
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A HEARING AID COMMERCIAL ON TV
There was a hearing aid commercial on TV; it offered a
2 for 1 deal, as if I buy two hearing aids for the price
of one.
We have been hearing for many years on what a rip off
hearing aid vendors inflict on the public in need of
such aids.
Cannot help but wonder if there is more to that
"2 for 1" deal that what it appears to be?
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Shirley Glassman's Captioning Blooper of the Week:
they should upgreat (upgrade) the security
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News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago:
Flash - this just in - Gallaudet University, in a 3-year
pilot program, will say yes to a selected number of sign-language
proficient hearing applicants that want to enroll!
So limited it will be that only a 2-percent limit of the
freshman class will be slotted for hearing students. What this
means is that if Gallaudet admits 350 freshmen in September 2001,
only seven of them will be hearing students.
And it is going to be a campus secret because this plan will
not be advertised anywhere nor would the Gallaudet recruiting corps
attempt to locate such interested hearing students.
This is not a first for Gallaudet. For years Gallaudet has run
graduate programs for hearing graduate students. And for several
years in the seventies, Gallaudet operated a student exchange
program that allowed a limited number of hearing students to take
classes for a semester.
And while the Vietnam war was at its peak in the early
seventies there was a student who was suspected of faking deafness
that got admitted to Gallaudet. That student, a Coda, had exemplary
sign language skills and was fully accepted by the student body!
Acquaintances who knew him said he faked deafness to avoid
getting drafted.
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Deaf Apocalypse of the Week:
Approximately 50 different studies have been conducted
over the years gauging the intelligence levels of the
deaf people in general?
Is that all so necessary? How about studies gauging
the intelligence levels of the hearing people in
general?
DeafDigest will wager a bet that the intelligence level
of the deaf is the same as the intelligence level of
the hearing. So, why waste time and tax payer money
on such unnecessary studies?
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Video Relay Service interpreter's
Tips for using the Video Relay Service with ease
Hi VRS Users -Did you know that your videophone usually shares the internet
line with your computer? That is why it's quite important to
not try to use your computer's browser and videophone at the
same time. This can lead to a multitude of problems. Often,
there will be a blurry screen; your speed may be slow; or there
might be a long delay between the time the interpreter finishes
the message and the time you get the message; or the screen may
tend to freeze up on you. This is often because somewhere in
your house, someone is on the internet and has the big blue "E"
Explorer browser open. It could be you, your spouse, a roommate,
or it could be a child playing an on-line game or doing a
google search for their homework.
It helps keep communication flowing freely to close the internet
while you are making videophone calls. Usually, trying to
Instant Message people while also on a videophone call will
decrease the quality of your picture by quite a bit.
Remember, this is new technology, and very much into the future.
And, we are still on the first generation of the mass
distribution of this type of technology. Instead of getting
frustrated with these new beginnings, let's remember what a miracle
it already is and do our best to cooperate with the growing pains
we are experiencing.
Although some interpreters are able to process calls despite
difficulties on the screen, it is hard on their eyes to do so. We
are already always short of interpreters, so we'll really
appreciate it if you can help us keep our eyes from undue strain
whenever possible. And, sometimes, it gets so bad, that no matter
how hard we try, we just cannot see you well enough to interpret a
call. Someday, maybe we will all have T-1 lines of our own and we
will be able to multi-task in our households!
--Your VRS Terps
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Ryan Bondroff's
"What you need to know about the DeafBlind?"
When a DB person gives presentations about their lives and Helen
Keller stories to 1st to 3rd graders at schools, generally
the kids' questions are:
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Can you drive?
Do you have pets?
Can you cook?
Can you play sports?
Does someone help you all the time?
There are many more questions that the kids ask. They are
generally curious about how does a DB person live his/her
life.
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* Mental Health Technicians, level I and II: Now hiring all
shifts, for both our children and adult programs.
Please visit: http://www.nda.com/employment.html for a full job
description.
* Nurses: NDA provides around the clock nursing supervision.
Now hiring RNs for all shifts, 12 hour premium shifts available.
Come to work now and earn a sign on bonus after 3 and 6 months
of employment!
* Recreational Therapist: Individuals applying for this position
should either be a Certified Therapist of Recreational Services
(CTRS) or working towards certification. Applicants should have
good team-building skills as well as the ability to plan and implement
creative activities for a wide-range of groups. Individuals holding
this position must be fluent in ASL.
* ASL Interpreters: Must be RID or NAD level III - IV certified to
apply for one of our full-time interpreting positions. Perks include
flexible scheduling, exciting and diverse assignments and on-going
education/CEU opportunities. Strong voicing skills needed.
Don't miss this chance to work with an exciting team! We look
forward to hearing from you! To apply, please visit our newly
redesigned website: http://www.nda.com, or email
Barbara Tashlein, VP of Human Resources at: mailto:[email protected]
You can also fax your resume to: 352-735-4939 for review.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Two faculty positions
The Department of Psychology
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
The Department of Psychology at Gallaudet University announces
two faculty positions to begin Fall 2006: one in our
undergraduate program and one in our School Psychology
specialist program.
Complete position descriptions and application information
are available at
http://af.gallaudet.edu/hrs/hrs_university_faculty.asp
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Position opening
full time Interpreter
Knoxville Center of the Deaf
Knoxville, TN
Progressive Center of the Deaf seeks full-time junior staff
interpreter. Experience and a four year college degree
required. Interpreter certification and strong technology
skills preferred.
Contact mailto:[email protected] in Knoxville, TN
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Position opening
Group Advisor
Tampa Bay Academy
Riverview, FL
Tampa Bay Academy is currently seeking dedicated
individuals to work with Deaf children and adolescents
in our residential psychiatric facility.
Must be fluent in ASL.
Apply in person M-F 9a-4p, fax or email resume to:
Tampa Bay Academy
12012 Boyette Rd.,
Riverview, FL 33569
813-677-6700
Fax: 813-671-3145
mailto:[email protected]
DFWP/EOE
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Employment Openings * Speech Language Pathologist
* Guidance Counselor
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf,
Wilson, NC
has positions available
to view our other vacancies please visit our website at:
http://www.osp.state.nc.us/jobs
click on "By Agency"
and click on "Department of Health and Human Services"
and look under "Schools for the Office of Education Services"
and click on "Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf"
contact person:
Kathy Sledge, HR Manager, 252-237-2450 ext. 254
mailto:[email protected]
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Interpreter Positions in Michigan Government
- State Interpreter Coordinator
This position has the major responsibility of coordinating the
state Quality Assurance screening process for the community and
educational interpreters with the possible of administration of
the national Educational Interpreter Proficiency Assessment tests
The other responsibilities include providing technical assistance
in communication accessibility, maintaining state interpreter
database, serving as RID continuing education sponsor,
coordinating continuing education requirements for interpreters,
provide training and informational seminars, serving as liaison
to various organizations and providing interpreting service within
the office and department.
Qualifications: bachelor's degree preferred plus possession of RID
or NAD certificate.
State civil service position with excellent benefits.
Salary range:
$16.29 to $26.80 per hour. Full time, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks.
Rights Representative 9-12 classification.
- State Interpreter
This position has the major responsibility of providing direct
interpreting services to the state government agencies within
Lansing metro area. The interpreter reports to and assists the
State Interpreter Coordinator.
Qualifications: Bachelors degree preferred plus possession of RID
or NAD certificate.
State civil service position with excellent benefits.
Salary range:
$13.61 to $19.88 per hour.
Full time, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks.
Interpreter, Deaf 6-9 classification.
For more details, check website: http://www.michigan.gov
and click on "State Job Opportunities"
deadline date for applications for either position is
October 31, 2005
Send resume to:
Chris Hunter, Director
Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing
201 N. Washington Square, Suite 150
Lansing, MI 48909
mailto:[email protected]
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Position opening
Teaching of ASL as a Foreign Language
Teachers College, Columbia University
Department of Health and Behavior Studies
New York, NY
Position: Candidate with demonstrated excellence in teaching is
sought for appointment to the Program in Teaching of American
Sign Language (ASL) as a Foreign Language.
Responsibilities: Teach in and coordinate the Program in Teaching
of ASL as a Foreign Language; advise masters' students; participate
in the intellectual life of the program, department, and College.
Qualifications: Earned doctorate at the time of appointment,
excellent proficiency in ASL, and potential for excellence in
teaching. Commitment to excellence in teaching.
Rank: Assistant Professor, Non-Tenure Track; Three-year term
appointment with possibility of renewal.
Send CV, cover letter, and three letters of reference to:
Professor Robert Kretschmer, Search Committee Chair
Box 223
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 54
New York, NY 10027
Review of applications will begin by November 1, 2005 and continue
until the search is completed. Appointment begins September 2006.
Teachers College as an institution is committed to a policy of EOE.
In offering education, psychology, and health studies, the College
is committed to providing expanding employment opportunities to
persons of color, women, and persons with disabilities
in its own activities and in society.
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Job openings - revised
GLAD
Los Angeles area
GLAD is an AA/EO for men, women and people with disabilities.
For more information on the following
positions, go to: http://www.gladinc.org
The status of all positions is: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full
Fringe Benefits unless otherwise noted.
All positions are open until filled.
- PROGRAM ASSISTANT/INTERPRETER in Los Angeles
Brief summary: Under supervision of the Director of Health
Education/Services, using the guidelines of the assigned scope of
work provided by the California Department of Health Service's
Community Challenge Grant, the Program Assistant/Interpreter will:
Work closely with the Community Health Educators on activities for
GLAD's program including plan and participate in community events
and educational workshops as stated in the project scope of work;
Provide interpreting services for teleconferencing meetings,
collaborative meetings, OFP regional meetings, FamilyPACT clinic
meetings, and appointments or any other situations which may arise
to facilitate communication for project staff; Make arrangements
and schedule with schools, programs and clinics for project
educational/prevention activities; Responsible to coordinate
Deaf Youth Advocacy Presentation and Mentoring Program; Implement
media including articles, publications and GLAD's website; Prepare
Collaborative Alliance meeting minutes; Compile and distribute
educational and promotional materials to project staff and
community; Compile all documents for filing and prepare monthly
progress reports; Clerical duties as well as such tasks and
responsibilities as may be delegated
- JOB DEVELOPER/INTERPRETER in West Covina, Pacoima
Brief summary: Employment services offered at GLAD assist deaf and
hard of hearing individuals with job information, job training,
job placement and accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing
individuals. Co-located at 5 Employment Development Department
(EDD) Offices and at each local office. The programs under
employment services are: Job Readiness Training, Workplace
Accessibility, Job Development, Placement and Follow-up
- COMMUNITY ADVOCATE in Riverside
Brief summary: Under the supervision of the Regional Center
Director, the Community Advocate will assist deaf and hard of
hearing consumers in the area of communication access via TTY
relay, document translation, and other duties, provide advocacy
in the areas of social security, education, employment, consumer
affairs, and others, record statistics on a daily basis related
to provision of services, counsel deaf and hard of hearing
consumers with problems related to personal and family
adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing and housing,
assists deaf and hard of hearing consumers with independent
living skills, educate the deaf and hard of hearing community
about various laws and programs benefiting and protecting the
rights of deaf persons such as Department of Rehabilitation and
Social Security policies and the ADA, etc., work with the
Resource Advocate regarding updates of the Directory of Resources,
refers consumers to community resources and other organizations,
secure information and resources beneficial to the department
pertaining to social security, immigration, mediation, etc. through
workshops, seminars and through networking with other agencies,
some typing and other light office duties as necessary, driving is
required as part of the job, perform such tasks and
responsibilities as may be delegated
If interested then please submit resume and application to:
Jeff Fetterman
Human Resources Specialist
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc
2222 Laverna Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90041
V/TDD: (323) 550-4207
Fax #: (323)550-4204
E-mail: mailto:[email protected]
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Announcement
Position: Principal
Lexington School for the Deaf
Jackson Heights, NY
Department: School
Supervisor: Superintendent
Essential Duties:
- Administers all aspects of school functioning.
- Directly manages the School supervisors.
- Promotes curriculum improvement and insures that instructional
programs and courses are implemented consistent with the New
York State and other mandated standards.
- Keeps informed and up to date regarding new developments in
curriculum, instruction and administration by attending
workshops, meetings, etc.
- Serves as the liaison between the Parents Staff Association and
the School.
- Supervises the use of the approved budget for the School.
- Establishes and updates the Student Policies and Procedures;
establishes rules and sets the tone for student discipline and
deportment commensurate with the Lexington's philosophy and
policies, and current school law.
- Manages the selection of staff, performance evaluation, tenure
procedure and administration of disciplinary actions for
School personnel.
- Represents Lexington during Collective Beginning Agreement
negotiations.
- Participates in the Lexington Executive Administrative Meetings
Education:
- Masters Degree required
- Teacher of the Deaf Certification required
- New York State Certification-School Administration and
Supervision required
Experience:
- Experience as a Certified Teacher required
- Experience as an educational supervisor required
- Knowledge of the psychological and physiological development of
children required
- Ability to apply cognitive theories of teaching and learning required;
knowledge of the Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) preferred
- Knowledge of curriculum and principles of learning
- Ability to develop a school improvement plan and make decisions to
facilitate its fulfillment
- Proficient in American Sign Language
Attributes:
- Strong written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to respond professionally if faced with difficult
situations
- Organizational and time management skills
- Ability to multi-task, comply with identified priorities and
deadlines, and respond to changing environment
- Ability to collect data and make sound decisions
- Ability to supervise and motivate employees at different levels
To Apply, Contact:
mailto:[email protected]
or
fax at 718-350-3332
(Please indicate "Principal" in subject line)
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Special notes:
(located at the bottom of the Gold section)