Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Friday, February 19, 2016

Teacher Slaps Deaf Toddler For Wanting Food

Deaf News: Teacher slaps toddler caused Deaf for wanting food in bother’s school in India.





AGRA, INDIA -- A hungry two-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly slapped so hard by a teacher for asking for food at his older siblings' school during a mid-day meal service that he has lost his hearing. Doctors have confirmed that the minor has suffered "at least partial loss of hearing" after the incident which took place in Mansukh Pura, Bah, on Wednesday.



The boy, Rajat Singh, had on Wednesday gone to the government school where his three older siblings Rohini Singh, Radha Singh and Rohit Singh study. During the mid-day meal he sought food from teacher Raghuvir Raghuvir, who then slapped the minor as he was "not a part of the school".



"My son has lost his hearing ability in one ear," said Rajat's father Shyamvir Singh, "Rajat is yet to enrol in primary school but he wanted to attend class with his brother and sisters. He was hungry and asked for food, when Raghuvir slapped him hard on the face. The slap caused Rajat's ear to bleed. Later we found out from doctors that he had partially lost his hearing ability."



Rubbishing Shyamvir's claims, the accused teacher, Raghuvir, told TOI: "Shyamvir is not telling the truth. The child was normal till the end of school. The matter was sensationalized after the child reached home."



He said, "I did slap Rajat for wandering around the school ground alone, where stray dogs could have attacked and hurt him. The blame for that would have fallen on me for being negligent."



A written complaint has been received in the matter from Shyamvir Singh and police said they will take the appropriate course of action after conducting a thorough investigation. Source

Thursday, February 11, 2016

New App Features For Deaf Uber Drivers

Deaf News: Uber just made it easy to be a Deaf driver in India.





MUMBAI -- When Salman, an Uber driver in Mumbai, could not take calls from passengers, customers would cancel his ride. He would also have to text every rider to let them know that he’s Deaf, which caused delays when picking up his riders.



Uber just made life easier for him and several drivers across the world who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.



An update to the taxi-hailing app, which was launched in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., has now gone live in India.



While there has been no official announcement on this yet, Uber has confirmed this development in India.



So, how does the app work?



Once a driver chooses to turn on the special features by flipping a switch inside the app, a light will flash when a new trip is requested in addition to the existing audio cue.





The passengers won't be able to call the driver as that option will be blocked. Riders who want to provide special pickup instructions, can only to do so via text.



The app also adds an extra screen for passengers to enter their destination alongside a note that lets them know their driver is Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing.



“We hope these features help extend the earning opportunity that Uber presents to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community,” Ben Metcalfe, head of product innovation at Uber, wrote in his blog.



Miraj Vora, who took a ride with Salman, tweeted that he happy with his experience.



"I had a great ride with Salman. We spoke about his new life as a driver in Mumbai and it was a peaceful ride overall," he told HuffPost India.



Though the learning process is the same for all drivers, the trainers usually spend more time with them. "We are also planning to get professional aid for training," Uber spokesperson said.



As reported by WHO, there are about 250-300 million Deaf people in the world, with 66 percent of them live in the underdeveloped nations, and India has the largest share.



A spokesperson from Uber said that not too many Deaf drivers have signed up for it yet.



But, this is just the beginning of the initiative and a much appreciated one. Source



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Monday, January 18, 2016

Kentucky Fried Chicken Operated By Deaf People

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Kentucky Fried Chicken in Egypt, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand made for and handled by Deaf people.





How to order a meal at Kentucky Fried Chicken in sign language ... to tell the staff that you want to stay to eat in rather than take out ... if you don’t know, then you probably haven’t visited a KFC that is entirely run by speech and hearing impaired employees in Egypt, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand.





In fact, one of the first things customers learn at the two KFC outlets is how to order meals and drinks in sign language. Plastered on the walls of the restaurant are pictures of how to use sign language and finger spell, and it helps placing orders, watch how the Deaf KFC employees performance in the video compilation.



Deaf Egypt KFC - SigningSensations from the TV show "An Idiot Abroad" Karl Pilkington in Egypt and visits a Kentucky Fried Chicken, the fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. This KFC is run and staffed by Deaf people.



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Deaf India KFC - India KFC has focused on providing equal opportunity to hearing and speech impaired employees. India has over 70-80% hearing/speech impaired team members.



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Deaf Thai KFC - A special serve store employs Deaf staff in Bangkok, Thailand of KFC 'We Hear Every Dream' sign on counter at KFC store, workers in background.



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Deaf Malaysia KFC - Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant run by the hearing-impaired and speech-impaired employees.





If you wanted to apply for a job at this particular Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, you will have to be Deaf (or speech-impaired). Yes, hearing people cannot apply there Where is that anyway? None other than Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Source



Deaf Pakistan KFC - It is inspiring to see news of twenty hearing-impaired heroes gaining self-sufficiency through employment at KFC Pakistan’s recently inaugurated Deaf-operated outlet in Federal B Area, Karachi.





KFC and FESF (Family Educational Services Foundation) have collaborated to advocate for equal opportunities for the Deaf community in Pakistan. Effectively, over 100 young Deaf men and women have been employed at KFC’s seven Deaf-operated branches. Source



Deaf Singapore KFC - Deaf-operated the restaurant that serves Singapore's favourite finger lickin' good chicken meal, with strong support from its customers.





Fried Chicken (KFC) received the innovative employers award for modifying the workplace for PWDs, and employees at Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre. Source



The community responses has reacted to the Deaf KFC employes on Reddit.



Harland Sanders The Kentucky Fried Chicken History - KFC is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.





KFC was founded by Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Utah in 1952.



KFC popularized chicken in the fast food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the hamburger. By branding himself as "Colonel Sanders", Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history, and his image remains widely used in KFC advertising. wikipedia.org/kfc



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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Deaf Film 'The Silent Heroes' Official Trailer

VIDEO [CC] 'The Silent Heroes' official trailer - A Story of 13 Real Deaf Children and their Dreams, Courage and Passion.





NEW DELHI -- THE SILENT HEROES is world's first film with Real DEAF actors and is perhaps the first attempt by a film maker to create story with these special children as Heroes and not as sympathy seeking individuals.



This is an adventurous-emotional story of 13 REAL Deaf children on a Himalayan mission, their struggle for survival, their courage and their heroism.



Mahesh Bhatt, Kamal Biran, Mates Entertainment and 13 Deaf Kids.



THE SILENT HEROES has been screened at various film festivals and received excellent audience response, Kolkata International Children's Film Festival, Dehradun International Film Festival and Prayag International Film Festival, to name a few.



Esteemed singer Sonu Nigam has given his voice to these children, so enjoy the worlds first open caption film on 11th December 2015.





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Subscribe - https://youtube.com/channel/thesilentheroesfilm

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IMDb - http://imdb.com/title/thesilentheroesfilm

Official site - http://thesilentheroesfilms.com



Related: @Deaf Film

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Dear Media: Stop Describing The Deaf As 'Mute'

VIDEO [CC] Deaf News: The phrase "deaf-mute" is problematic, and it is not an appropriate way to discuss a person.





Huffington Post by Lydia Callis - An unusual tale about a young Indian woman named Geeta has been making its way around the internet after a Bollywood film helped spark interest in her story. As a child, Geeta accidentally crossed the border into Pakistan all alone. She lived there in the care of a social welfare group for more than ten years years until last month, when she finally returned to India.





Geeta is Deaf and uses sign language to communicate, and the way the mainstream media has chosen to portray her is quite revealing. Major news outlets from CNN to CBS to Al Jazeera all decided to utilize the outdated terms "deaf" and "mute" in their stories about the woman.



For centuries, people with different abilities, intellectual skills or physical features were forced to live on the fringes of society. They were labeled "defective" or "freaks" by the mainstream, and their families were shamed by their existence.





These labels kept people isolated, and they opened the door for abuse and neglect. People who were Deaf were never even given the opportunity to learn or socialize. They were denied humanity just because they were a little bit different... Read More: http://huffingtonpost.com/lydia-l-callis/how-the-media-mutes-deaf-voices.html



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