Category: Business
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Lsat week we told you about the bar where you can order in
sign language-the
Deaf Lounge in
North London that just opened--which you can read about
here Below is a peek inside the new club.
Tags: Deaf Lounge, North London, sign language
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Monday, June 3rd, 2013
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| London's Deaf Lounge |
A unique bar opened this past weekend in
North London. At the
Deaf Lounge, everyone knows
sign language. That includes all the bartenders, the security guard and even the
DJ is partially deaf. Although hearing patrons are welcome as well, the owners wanted a place where
BSL users would feel comfortable. Unlike most bars, the lighting is bright to help with signing. Paper and pens can be found throughout the
Deaf Lounge for writing messages. There's a flashing light fire alarm and posted signs are in
BSL and English. Paul Cripps, deaf since birth, is co-owner along with Domani Peir, who is not deaf. Cripps and Peir plan to start salsa, zumba and
DJ workshops where deaf people will be taught to read beats and play instruments. The bar's Facebook page is
here.
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Tags: BSL, Deaf Lounge, DJ, North London, Related Blogs, sign language
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Friday, May 24th, 2013
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| Cheryl Cullen |
A UK woman who works with the deaf has been recognized for her work by the Economist Intelligence Unit's Dynamics Change Ambassadors Awards.
Cheryl Cullen was among the top five in the ‘
No Boundaries’ category, with Anandha Ponnampalam of Sapient Global Markets winning the contest. Cullen was recognized by business the award started a company called
Clarion Interpreting which provides
BSL interpreting services and helps the deaf find employment. Clarion has found work for 250 people and permanent employment for 50 of them, which is equal to the industry average in the UK. Read more about the awards
here. Related Blogs
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Tags: BSL, Cheryl Cullen, Clarion Interpreting, Deaf, No Boundaries, Related Blogs
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Sunday, May 19th, 2013
The EEOC is updating its guidance for understanding how
ADA law applies to four types of medical conditions: cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had a Q and A guide posted about cancer
here, diabetes
here, epilepsy
here, and intellectual disabilities
here. These guides are designed to help employers understand how to address these conditions.
Tags: ADA
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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A deaf couple from a town in East
China run a successful business selling hand and footprint molds. Read the story
here.
Tags: China, East China
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
Born in Oregon,
Bill Austin dropped out of the University of Minnesota to start his own hearing-aid repair company. Austin is founder of
Starkey Laboratories in suburban Minneapolis, the largest
US maker of hearing aids. It made him a multimillionaire. His major contribution to hearing health was the invention of in-the-canal hearing aids in the early 1980s. Starkey sells about one million hearing aids a year through 30 factories worldwide. His clients include five U.S. presidents and celebrities (such as Sting, and Dolly Parton). The Starkey Hearing Foundation has given out tens of thousands of the devices to the poor. He was honored by
Variety International (a major children's charity) as Humanitarian of the Year.
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Monday, April 29th, 2013
A senior living complex is facing charges--for favoring deaf residence. We first told about the problem back in December, that Federal official are investigating Apache ASL Trails in Tempe, Arizona for possible discrimination. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (
HUD) says it is a violation of the
Fair Housing Act to have so many deaf people in the same complex. Nearly all of the 75 Apache ASL Trails units are occupied by deaf residents. A deaf architect designed it to fit the unique needs of the deaf and hard of hearing. There are flashing lights, video phones, and an interpreting service has an office in the complex. Ironically, it was the Arizona Department of Housing that put federal money into helping pay for its contraction. Last week, the
National Association of the
Deaf sent a letter to the federal housing secretary, which read in part:
In a nutshell, your agency, HUD, is forcing deaf and hard of hearing individuals to only live according to an ideological vision of forced integration. The tragic irony is that such an ideology has punished deaf and hard of hearing individuals seeking a higher quality of life and a safer place to live and has actually resulted in the forced isolation of individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
More than 70 advocacy groups have signed the document. You can read the letter
here.
HUD officials have responded by saying they will put its efforts on pause. No one has filed a formal complaint about the facility, and it owners say no one has been excluded in the advertising.
Tags: Deaf, Fair Housing Act, HUD, National Association
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Saturday, April 27th, 2013
There's a new man in charge of the Greenwood, Nebraska post office. New postmaster Jonathan Arteaga-Arceo is deaf. Arteaga-Arceo takes over the part-time position for the retiring postmaster. A strobe light lets Arteaga-Arceo that someone has entered and there's a keyboard for hearing visitors though some prefer using paper and pencil. Arteaga-Arceo attended the
Iowa School for the
Deaf in
Council Bluffs along with his two brothers and then he went to Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Arteaga-Arceo holds another job as well--he's an assistant to his brother, who is the lead pastor of Lincoln's Spring of Life
Deaf Christian Church. Their father, who is hearing serves as pastor of a Hispanic church in the same town.
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
New Hampshire public radio takes a look at the job prospects for graduates who plan to use
ASL in their careers
here.
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
For the first time, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is granting an exemption to a test that prevents the deaf from operating commercial trucks. It's called the “forced whisper test." The person being tested must be able to hear a whisper from five feet away. The exemption is being granted to 40 drivers who are deaf. After two years, the Administration will reconsider whether to extend it based on how well the drivers perform. The exemption overrides any conflicting state laws and regulations.
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Born in Oregon, Bill Austin dropped out of the University of Minnesota to start his own hearing-aid repair company. Austin is founder of Starkey Laboratories in suburban Minneapolis, the largest US maker of hearing aids. It made him a multimillionaire. His major contribution to hearing health was the invention of in-the-canal hearing aids in the early 1980s. Starkey sells about one million hearing aids a year through 30 factories worldwide. His clients include five U.S. presidents and celebrities (such as Sting, and Dolly Parton). The Starkey Hearing Foundation has given out tens of thousands of the devices to the poor. He was honored by Variety International (a major children's charity) as Humanitarian of the Year.
