Interpreters, Interveners, and Support Service Providers Kristi M. Probst, Ed. D. and Susanne Morrow, M.A., CI and CT Comparing the Roles and Responsibilities of Interpreters, Interveners and SSPs Individuals who are DeafBlind interact with their environment in unique ways. To provide access to the environment and [...]
Jaime Fatás-Cabeza, MMA, USCCI, CHI Signed by Joe Toledo, Deaf Interpreter Progressive sectors in the medical profession agree about the importance of addressing diversity efficiently to provide quality care, positive outcomes, and patient safety. This is a truism for interpreters. However, when healthcare organizations [...]
Brenda Cartwright, M.S., CSC, CI and CT DEAR ENCOUNTERS WITH REALITY: I interpret at a college and sometimes during the lectures, the Deaf student does not watch me. They may be reading something, texting, or sometimes sleeping. When this happens, I tend to shrink my [...]
Power, Privilege, and Oppression CEUs Lisa Weems, CI and CT, NIC Translated by Dr. Lisalee Egbert Since 2014, RID has been recovering from organizational crisis and seeking the most effective solutions in defining the organization's future. One of the primary concerns is membership engagement and the need for deliberate inclusion of members [...]
How Social Entrepreneurship Can Create And Sustain Access at the Local Level Kathleen O'Regan, NIC Translated by: Rayni Plaster, CDI, SC:L Originally written by Kathleen O’Regan, this article was shared with the Civic Access team for collaboration in the editing process. A huge thank you to Calene Carrano and Lauren Hooten for [...]
Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health Neil Glickman, Ph.D. Wyatte Hall, Ph.D. In many respects, the process of interpreting between native users of signed and spoken languages is comparable to the process of interpreting between native users of foreign languages. It is well-known, however, that language skills among Deaf people are much [...]
T-I-Ps for Work with IEPs Dale Boam, CI, Attorney at Law Years ago in my role as an attorney, a school district hired me to observe and evaluate its mainstreaming services for students who are Deaf... (I can tell this story because I produced a public document). The district was huge, covering [...]
Diversity in Higher Education: Starting the Discussion* *We’re excited to announce that the author of this feature article will be presenting a supplemental webinar! The Webinar will be presented live on Thursday, December 6, 2018 from 6-8 pm ET. Click here to register now Royce Carpenter, M.A., NIC Master It is my hope [...]
Caring For Ourselves Within a Community Breana Hall, CI and CT, CTACC Self-care is the ability to recognize needs and the willingness to meet those needs in a kind and loving way. In a perfect world, we could recognize a need, meet it, feel satisfied and fulfilled, and use this process to be [...]
Indexing the First Few Decades of the RID VIEWS Marc D. Holmes, MEd:IP, CI, CT, NIC, SC:L, coreCHI Like any good member with hoarding tendencies, I saved almost every issue of the RID VIEWS from the time I became a member until paper publication ceased. I moved several file boxes of VIEWS [...]
