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Know your RIGHTS as a Deaf/ Hard of Hearing Person by Danielle N. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 09 Aug 2010 5:10pm is profoundly deaf ask me for help. She wants to volunteer somewhere and they wont provide an interpreter for her. I was furious when she told me this. I contacted the American's Disability Act to ask what OUR RIGHTS ARE. Truthfully, I dont even know my rights as a deaf person. So in a way im glad that I called because I wouldn't of known all this information Read on »

MI Interpreter Bill Signed By Governor! by Jeannette Johnson Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm I just got an e-mail press release from DODHH – Division on Deafness and Hard of Hearing. The governor of Michigan has signed the interpreter bill! See below for the press... and pharmacies; banks, hotels, restaurants and theatres. Reasonable notice is required if a qualified interpreter is needed. PAs 23 and 24 amend the Deaf Persons’ Interpreters Act (PA Read on »

What’s the Matter with Interpreters?! by Jeannette Johnson Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:02pm . It makes the interpreter look bad, and it makes the Deaf client look bad, when the interpreter can hardly voice for the client! Right now, I’m scratching my head, wondering how the heck those interpreters passed the QA test. Something is very wrong with the Michigan QA test. It wasn’t like this when Chris Hunter ran the Division on Deafness and Hard Read on »

Only 85 State-Certified Interpreters?! by Jeannette Johnson Patient Expert

Posted Mon 21 Mar 2011 12:00am to the Michigan Deaf Association board and visitors at the MDA board meeting on March 12, 2011, and in her notes, she stated that over 210 individuals had taken the BEI (state interpreter... strongly believe that she is not being forth-coming with the MI Deaf Community about what truly is going on with the interpreter shortage crisis and the regulations and rules Read on »

County Commissioner proposes hearing test before interpreter hired by Aaron Patient Expert

Posted Tue 05 Oct 2010 12:00am was apparently taken aback by the huge amount of money spent on interpreters for people who don't speak English or cannot hear in the county courtrooms. He suggested that maybe our state... they're deaf, we don't drop a book next to them and see if they jump?" Seriously, ignorance at a level so extreme is sickening. Having people like this in government in simply Read on »

BSL interpreted tour at the Tate Modern by Funny Old Life Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 30 Oct 2008 6:03pm BSL interpreted tours are given at the Tate Modern every month and these are a great way to learn about different artists as well as meeting old friends and networking within the deaf community. I went to see an exhibition recently, The Unilever Series by Carsten Holler, which was a series of huge slides. The artist wondered what effect sliding Read on »

ASL Laughs: Watch Out for the Interpreter! by JohnABC Posted Thu 29 Mar 2007 12:00am Read on »

My interpretation and yours may not see eye-to-eye by Mia Patient Expert

Posted Fri 10 Sep 2010 7:08am Read on »

He interprets recent results wit... by Seth Roberts .. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Mon 29 Sep 2008 9:13pm He interprets recent results with a cholesterol-lowering drug called Vyotorin much like I interpreted similar news about a different cholesterol-lowering drug (torcetrapib). Thanks to Dave Lull. Read on »

Interpreters by Funny Old Life Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 30 Oct 2008 3:31pm Unqualified interpreters are being employed at police stations and at Court, to provide a service that must be accurate and professionally undertaken. Only interpreters from the ‘National Register of Public Service Interpreters’ should be used for judicial purposes (including the initial stages of an investigation). Members have proved Read on »