ASL info

Advocate: One who speaks out on issues on behalf of others

but often hearing people can take up space of Deaf people in discussing issues

Ally: One who supports Deaf individuals in their own struggle for liberation

      To become and ally:

Learn about oppression

Help members of your own group understand oppression

Realize you may be part of the problem

"Two-Out-Of-Three" RULE 

Each English word is checked against the following criteria: 

Sound

Meaning

Spelling

If the word fits in 2/3 criteria, it will be signed the same way in all contexts regardless of meaning.

The outcome was that sound and spelling took precedence over meaning.

Simultaneous: "At the Same Time: Listen/Sign or Watch/Speak at the same time. Delivery of the target language at the same time the source language is being produced (with a slight lag)

PROS: "Real Time", natural flow and exchange of ideas

CONS: Reduced processing time

Consecutive: "In Sequence" or "In Order". Interpretation begins only after the speaker has spoken/signed a sentence/paragraph. Delivery of source language (or a portion of it) then an interpretation into the target language.

PROS: More accurate, more time to process, less correction

Video Relay Service is a free telephone relay service use to make and receive calls using ASL (English and Spanish) which is available 24/7 by mandate. 

The VRS industry started in 2000 as an offshoot of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for TTY users

VRS is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

The FCC reimburses VRS companies from the Interstate TRS Fund and the FCC sets the standards for VRS services

It's the first time in history that large corporations and federal government worked together to provide large scale interpreting services 

VRS Standards

Calls must be made from different locations, cannot be interoffice calls in one company/building

The interpreters must work with diverse populations nationwide and internationally 

Interpreters must be skilled and capable and certified. VRS companies have led the effort to train and support certification of ASL/English Interpreters

Religious: The interpreter needs to be

Someone who subscribes to the beliefs 

Preparation is essential

Placement varies

Compensation? 

Education:

Variation standards for qualifications - except state laws (CA 2007)

Ideal: BA degree and certification (NIC AA 2008, BA 2012)

Placement varies - sign lines are important 

Compensation varies

Teacher aid/interpreter/part of the educational team. 

The decision to use team interpreters include:

length and complexity of the assignment 

Person(s) being served

Dynamics of the setting

Avoidance of repetitive motion injures 

In team interpreting, there are primary and supporting roles

There needs to be preparation and cooperation established beforehand 

While one interpreter is in turn, the other is monitoring the settings, ensuring appropriate transitions, prompting the primary interpreter 

There are several different specialized interpreting fields you can focus on. Those include:

Medical

Legal

Mental Health

Conferences

Performing Arts

Employment/Social Services 

Deaf-Blind

K-12 Educational

VRS

Religious 

ASL: American Sign Language 

VRS: Video Relay Service

RID: Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

EIPA: Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment

NAD: National Association of the Deaf

CDI: Certified Deaf Interpreter 

DPOC: Deaf Person of Color

DPN: Deaf President Now

Bi-Bi: Bilingual-Bicultural 

MCE: Manually Coded English

SSS: Sign Supported Speech

SEE 1: Seeing Essential English

SEE 2: Signing Exact English

PSE: Pidgin Sign English 

MLS/MLC: Minimal Language Skills/Minimal Language Competency

CASE: Conceptually Accurate Signed English 

CODA: Child of Deaf Adult

SSP: Support Service Provider 

MIND-FROZE Shocked, can't think

BLOW-ONE'S TOP Similar to the English idiom 

MIND+LIMIT I can't think or take-in anymore just now, or my brain is tired and full 

I-I-I Egotistic, think only of yourself

QUESTION-ON-BRAIN Puzzled, confused 

HUNGRY++ Passionate, horny 

ORANGE-SNOT-THROW Don't care 

Instrument CL (ICL): Shows how a person handles/manipulates an object (throwing, catching, passing, receiving...)

Element CL (ECL): Show elements (air, smoke, water/rain, fire, light, blood...) 

Locative CL (LCL): Tell the location of an object and/or its movement 

Semantic CL (SCL): Tell where a person is located, where/how they move (person leaving, sitting facing me, falling forward...) 

Body CL (BCL): Shows how a person moves their body parts/ their actions. Only the upper body (for verbs). (waving, shrugging, hands on hip...)