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Grumpy Old Deafies
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KFC SAVES "the hearing impaired"!
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 10:58am UTC
Wow. According to this article, KFC have bowed to their "social responsibility" and started to give "hearing impaired" people jobs. So if you too want to be specially trained how to lipread difficult things like "Toasted Twister" and "Zinger Burger", now's your chance! Get yourself down to KFC and they will help you. But, DON'T WORRY. They also employ "normal people" too, just to make sure vegetarians aren't served meat and stuff like that. Phew. - Jen... -
Muslims in a Deaf World
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 12:17am UTC
There's a film on YouTube which focuses on Raza, a Deaf Muslim who asks questions about living as a Deaf Muslim in the UK. My first language is British Sign Language but really I have three languages. First BSL, second English, and third Urdu, my family language. [snip] I feel strongly that being a Muslim has an effect on deaf people, being based on a background which is influenced by different cultures and based on languages which are difficult to access. Another reason being that at the mosque there is no access, beacuse there are no interpreters. This means that it is difficult for deaf people to get knowledge about their faith and identity with their religion. The film also ...