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Homeless Deaf Uses ASL Relay – From the NYT

Jan 11, 2013deafinprisonorgEditorials, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Gallaudet University, Homelessness among the Deaf, iPad, Posting Mania - Year 2 Explodes, Video Relay Service

By BitcoDavid Yesterday’s New York Times contained an essay on Abreham Zemedagegehu – a homeless, Deaf, Ethiopian immigrant – who received an iPad from their Neediest Cases Fund, and uses it to communicate via Video Relay Service. For the past 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct assistance to children, families

Not Everything is Captioned

Sometime ago, a Deaf friend asked me to interpret the 10:00 News. Captioning doesn’t always work with live TV feeds from on scene reporters, so I was glad to comply. “All of it,” she said. “Sure.” First, was a statement that the President said the country was on an even keel. Things were improving. This