About.com. Deaf culture: Art and literature.

Alex Wilhite. My years of experience in traveling throughout the world guide my inspiration about the value of color, which changes every hour as everyday. My perception of color is the value of the primary colors changing into varieties of colors as “Meditation Myth”. High or strong colors which define outline and strong contrast are both incorporated into my own style of painting. I am drawn to follow the value of nature’s colors as they change from sunrise to sunset. This requires the employment of homemade paint from dust to create my vision of art.

Art resources for, of, and by the deaf and hard of hearing community.

ASL in clay. Deaf, blind, disabled, and elderly women have not been definitively portrayed by the art community. All of the women I sculpt emanate pride,intelligence and strength as well as the more traditional values of beauty and sensuality. My abundant-bodied sculptures reflect the feminist issues of body image and size oppression. Growing up as a German Jew in a severely abusive environment and later in numerous foster homes, I developed a deep compassion and a commitment to reaching out to others. Early on I made a conscious decision to be an ally rather than a perpetrator, which guides me when sculpting. My art explores issues of oppression and ways to build bridges through our diversities.

Barbara Hardaway Studio.

Betty G. Miller | Web site.

Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf

Forrest Curwin Nickerson.

Helen McNicoll Boudreau.

Character Sculptor Jessica Geiger. Using clay and mixed media, Seattle artist Jessica Geiger creates unique, disturbing and amazingly detailed doll-like sculptures that portray an assortment of struggling characters who are often ignored by mainstream society.

Chuck [Baird]'s brushes.

Claire Bergman. The media Claire Bergman prefers are oil and watercolor with pen and ink. Her emphasis is on character studies so as to reproduce the uniqueness and dignity of the individual. For life to be breathed into the portrait, harmony and balance are stressed. The particular matching combinations of colors used -- orange, red, yellow, blue, and hydrangea green, reflect the splendor of life and imprint the subtle mystery of the human personality on the canvas. When Bergman paints, she spreads the paint in rapid, sweeping strokes. When she draws, it is mainly a black-on-white single unbroken spontaneous line

Deafart.org. Tour, Deaf art?, past exhibits, directory, artworks, articles, links, mailing list, sales. This site is long overdue for maintenance and is currently published for archival reasons only. It was intended to be a resource for anyone interested in Deaf Art, particularly the category defined by Deaf View/Image Art (De'VIA).

Deaf art note cards: Works of Chuck Baird - Set 1, set 2, set 3, set 4. Invest in Deaf Art without spending a fortune! Explore another aspect of the Deaf cultural arts with these brilliant note cards by Chuck Baird. One of today's most famous Deaf American artists, Baird wittily plays on Deaf culture themes with unmistakable craft and inventiveness. His pop culture visions have broad appeal and have won praise from discerning viewers and critics.

Deaf art note cards: Works of Harry R. Williams - Set 5, set 6. Harry R. Williams (1948-1991) was a shy pioneer who found in the genre of Deaf Art a means of honoring and exalting American Sign Language-and the lonely but unrepentant Deaf self. Paradoxically, his favorite subject, crafted out of balsa wood and oil paint, was the violin. His lyrical violin paintings are especially prized for their exquisiteness, although many collectors are unaware of the many-layered Deaf meanings that underlie the surface. Williams's works can seem abstract and challenging, but their beauty and striking conceptualization make them worth the effort to understand and embrace. Any examination of Deaf Art, a growing subject of discussion in Deaf Studies programs, is incomplete without a look at the transcendent imagery of Harry R. Williams.

Deaf View/Image Art -- De'VIA. In 1971, Betty G. Miller began expressing her Deaf experiences through her paintings and drawings. Since then her work has inspired several Deaf visual artists to create work based on their Deaf experiences. These artists often discussed whether or not there was a "Deaf Art" -- a genre or school of thought. Starting at Spectrum, Focus on Deaf Artists' summer festivals in 1977 and 1978, there were formal workshops on the question of Deaf Visual Art, and there have been many lecrdse4tures and workshops since then. Yet, these workshops lasted only an hour or two, and never really came to any formal decision.

Dupor Art. Susan Dupor lives in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin where she paints in her studio and teaches art at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Her work has been included many group exhibitions such as the national touring exhibition, "Elements of a Culture: Visions by Deaf Artists"; "20 Deaf Artists: Common Motifs" at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, CA; "Work by Deaf Women" at Ceres Gallery in New York; and "A Deaf Perspective of Deaf Culture Through Art" in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She also had a solo exhibit at the Washburn Art Gallery at Gallaudet University. Her work made appearances at the Switzer Gallery in Rochester, New York in 1993, 1995, 1996,and 2000 and at the Deaf Artists of America Gallery, in Rochester, New York.

Guy Wonder art.

I is muck. Illustrations.

International archive of Deaf artists.

Lane, H. A Deaf artist in Early America: The worlds of John Brewster, Jr. ISBN: 0-8070-6616-8. Born deaf in 1766, John Brewster was a preeminent artist who painted portraits of the influential figures of his time and saw the formation of the Deaf-World. Considered an undisputed master of portraiture, Yankee-style, Brewster's hauntingly beautiful works can be found in numerous American museums. In this thoroughgoing biography, the first on Brewster, well-known historical researcher and Deaf advocate Harlan Lane unveils little-known and invaluable information on the early French roots of the American Deaf-World and discusses the first school for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, the integrated Deaf community of Martha's Vineyard, and contemporary Deaf Art.

Matt's world: Deaf art.

Morris Broderson. Part of the deaf art culture, Morris Broderson was born in Los Angeles in 1928 where he still resides. He has exhibited his pastels, mixed-medias, watercolors and oil paintings in Museums and Art Galleries for the past 50 years. A world-reknowned deaf artist, his paintings are part of the permanent collections in the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum, in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D.C., Rochester Institute of Technology, Gallaudet College, Yale University, Stanford University Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Krannert Museum in Champaign, Illinois, to name a few.

Norval Morrisseau: Canadian Ojibwe -- founder of Medicine Painting. Norval Morrisseau is founder of a Canadian-originated school of art called Woodland or sometimes Legend or Medicine painting. His work is influential on a group of younger Ojibwe and Cree artists, such as Blake Debassige, Tom Chee Chee, Leland Bell. He has had many exhibits in Canada and Europe (especially France), but is not well known (except to northern Indians) in the U.S. This may change; recently Morrisseau had an exhibit and well-attended showing at the McLeod-Maslak Canadian Art Gallery in Santa Fe, the heart of what's trendy in U.S. Indian art.

Norval Morrisseau original paintings. Coghlan Art proudly presents available work by this great Canadian artist. Norval was instrumental in the creation of our studio and continues to work closely with us. His presence is a reminder of what an artist really is. Norval's work is in museum and private collections around the world.

Pellerin Art - The artworks of Andre Pellerin. I have always wanted to do pottery since I was a kid. When I was living on a farm up in Vermont, I used mud or dirt to make things. Then during my high school year, I was part of a ceramics club--or maybe I took a ceramics class--which I remember very much even though that lasted only a short time. I probably made something like an ashtray for my parents. I have not done any ceramics for a long time after that. But I do believe in fate, because things often happen whether I like it or not.

Randy Dunham is a neo-surrealist artist, who has been producing surreal art in New York since early 1998. Randy Dunham's surrealism styled art is a form of focus employing REFLECTION, REFRACTION, and TRANSPARENCY, which transform randomly selected inanimate and industrial shapes into a spectacle of wonder and vision. These transformed objects come to life through the mastery of surrealist illusions of transparency and levitation. A dazzling array of color shifts and vibrant accents are incorporated on the surface of these dreamlike, surreal art forms.

Robin Taylor. My art comes from a very private place. Many of my works deal with the emotional frustrations of being between two language worlds--the Deaf and the Hearing. I also recreate my past, certain medical events, and those everyday experiences that touch us all. With my hands I try to connect these two worlds using universal emotions and storytelling, and hopefully, somehow begin to build a bridge between the innate cultural Deaf and Hearing experiences.

Robinson, J. Exploring the work of Deaf artists. This resource document is written in honour of all of the artists from Robarts School for the Deaf – students and teachers alike. Pride and self-awareness emerged from the artwork created by the many talented individuals at our school. This inspired me to search for new and innovative teaching methods and ideas. Art history and studio techniques became two invaluable starting points for many classes but one element was missing – the inclusion of Deaf artists and their work. The vision for this resource document grew from frustration during research and the countless hours spent trying to locate Deaf artists, their agents, or work in museums or private collections.

Tundel, N. (4 May 2004). Beyond silence. If art is about communication, then the works on display at St. Paul's aND gallery are screaming. The paintings blare with color; the sculptures are loudly forceful. Yet all of these creative exclamations were made by artists who live their lives in silence.

Vanessa Vaughan’s paintings reflect an awe and passion for one of Canada’s most cherished icons – the canoe. This series embraces a fascination with the architectural simplicity and sophistication of the canoe. Vaughan’s broad spectrum of work features paintings that reflect an appreciation for the Canadian landscape as seen and experienced through cottage life.

VSA arts of Massachusetts - Deaf heritage.

What is Deaf art?

Wildbank. Floral paintings, still life paintings and visionary paintings.

Deaf performing arts

ASL Shakespeare Project. This project documents the process of translating Shakespeare's language, specifically that of Twelfth Night, into American Sign Language, with an emphasis on the history of gesture in visual representations of Shakespeare's plays. It will serve as the 'text' for a full-scale production of Twelfth Night opening in October 2000 at Philadelphia's newly founded Amaryllis Theatre.

Ayisha Knight homepage: Music.

Biography - Nanette Fabray. As a mother and homemaker, a hard working humanitarian, or a knowledgeable individual testifying before Congressional committees for the rights of handicapped persons, comedienne, singer and dancer, Nanette Fabray has been honored many times by her peers and by the public.

Children's Sign Language Choir.

Cleveland Sign Stage Theatre.

Crom Saunders. Crom Saunders is a professional student and a theatre hound. To clarify, he has returned to school to finish his second MA, this time in Theatre. He currently holds a MA in Creative Writing. Crom has worked for theatre in almost every position possible backstage and on stage.

Crom Saunders and Keith Wann.

Davis Haggerty, L. R. (2006, March). Adjusting the margins: Building bridges between Deaf and Hearing cultures through performance arts. There is an invisible style of leadership differing from the mainstream culture that has not been previously addressed in the literature at any depth. The foundation for my fieldwork was an "archeology of the structure of the perceived world" (Merleau-Ponty), using the holding environment of the rehearsal process and the structural process of an acting technique called Del-Sign. Del-Sign is a fusion acting style that I created by combining American Sign Language and the Delsarte method. I also employed current qualitative methods described as "performance ethnography" (Norman Denzin and Ron Pelias). Individuals in both the audience and the cast reported a change in perception about the opposing culture. The study results also indicated a unique style of leadership by Deaf people within a Deaf community that is collaborative in nature yet values the individual. I trust further study into that aspect of Deaf leadership will indeed adjust the margins of society.

Deaf Bunny. WARNING: This site contains images of naked women & men engaging in sex acts, including some deaf sexually oriented material. Please leave now if you are offended by such material, or if you are under the age of 18, or if you live in a community where viewing or possessing adult material is illegal.

deafbunnyproductions. (2007, August 26). Introducing Deaf Adult Entertainment website.

Deaf theaters - Omar Zak.

Deaf Today. (2004, January 22). Deaf Access stages 'Tales From India'.

Deaf West Theatre.

Deafywood. Deafywood's purpose is to find the common threads among the Deaf by presenting issues that reflect the Deaf way of life. Our shows evoke familiar emotions, creating a sense of comradery much appreciated in today's Deaf community. It's a celebration of Deaf culture!

DrWondersWorkshop. (2007, September 2). Dr Wonder's Workshop - Deaf TV series (ASL).

Fiona Garfield.

Griffin, S. A rising star "lights up" the world. Michelle Banks is a busy young woman who has exhibited "outstanding leadership" in the arena of Black Deaf entertainment and culture. She was the first deaf student to study drama at the State University of New York. She established the first (and only!) Deaf theater of color: Onyx Theater. She is one of a "rare breed": a Black Deaf actress featured in a Black television show on a cable network ("Soul Food" on Showtime). In addition, Michelle has toured several U. S. cities in her one-woman show, "Reflections of A Black Deaf Woman" and has appeared in movies and on stage (one role was in the recent revival of "Big River" featuring a unique cast with both hearing and deaf performers).

Hear my hands.

Hernandez, M. (23 April 2006). Deaf Storyteller: Maria Hernandez Presented by Deaf Images.About Peter Pan Peanut Butter and the squirrel.

I is muck. Multimedia.

Iceworm. A non-profit theatre services organization run by Justin Callaway, Crom Saunders, and Keith Wann.

InterAct Children's Theatre for the Deaf.

International bibliography of sign language - Stylistics.

Jolanta A. Lapiak: i8media artist. I am a literary and media artist, narrator, poet and performer. My work explores grammatology and various ways of writing with a unique blend of cinematic vocabulary, choreography, verbal calligraphy, visual poetry, and language. My works undermine the logocentric traditions of textuality and poetry. My work advocates for the individual right of another choice of speaking (manually speaking or sign language).

Kathy Buckley. Billed as "America's first Hearing Impaired comedienne", Kathy Buckley is also a four-time (1995-98) American Comedy Award Nominee as Best Stand-Up Female Comedienne.

Keith Wann. Born hearing to Deaf parents in California, Keith grew up living in both the hearing and Deaf worlds, and has been able to create unique perspectives on the ways of both worlds. This has evolved into a one-man show, "Watching Two Worlds Collide," which takes a humorous, almost shocking, look at both worlds.

L.A. Bridges Theatre Company of the Deaf.

MagicMorgan.com.

Mark Morales. Mark is a dedicated Deaf entertainer, nationally known for his "One Deaf Aztec Man Show", a show with an emphasis on ASL and International Sign storytelling. He has entertained countless numbers with his performances. He has performed at the 1998 NAD Convention in San Antonio, TX, the 2001 Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., 2002 Deaf Way II in Washington, D.C., and many others.

Marlee Matlin home page.

National Theater of the Deaf.

NTID performing arts and guest artist productions are presented in an intriguing blend of American Sign Language and spoken English simultaneously for the enjoyment of all audience members. Deaf actors using Sign Language, together with hearing actors speaking the lines, interact on stage to create a stunning theatrical experience that is both visual and verbal--you'll see and hear the dialogue! One of only a few theatres world-wide that produce this unique form of theatre, NTID Performing Arts invites you to join us for another exciting season of amazing theatre.

Omar is hottest. I will make my new photoshoots, music videos, a profile update and my new deaf music album which will come out mid December. The new music album will be called: "A World Fulfilled"

Peter S. Cook is an internationally reputed Deaf performing artist whose works incorporates American Sign Language, pantomime, storytelling, acting, and movement. Peter has traveled extensively around the country and aboard with Flying Words Project to promote ASL Literature with Kenny Lerner since 1986. Peter has appeared in Live from Off Center’s “Words on Mouth” (PBS) and “ United States of Poetry” (PBS) produced by Emmy winner Bob Holman. Peter teaches at Columbia College where he received the 1997 Excellence in Teaching award. In 1998, Peter set up a video production called PC Production and now based in Chicago.

Pinky the Juggler. My performances include juggling, unicycling, story telling and short plays. As a Deaf entertainer, I do not include any talking or sound in my performances.

Rathskellar has swept the globe, touring various professional and community venues, residential schools, and universities since 1998. It is an 85-minute, non-stop, energetic performance that will have you mesmerized. Presenting various performances through the use of ASL poetry, dancing, mime, storytelling, handshape stories, and comedy, Rathskellar is enjoyed by hearing and Deaf audeince alike worldwide.

Robin Taylor's art.

Rowdy Vision.

Schroeder, C.kalalau52's Videos. More than 300 videos about ASL from a historical and linguistic perspective. Extremely informative and scholarly.

Sign City Television is a broadcast television programming service devoted to bringing quality television to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community throughout America. All of the Sign City TV Programming is presented in sign language and/or captions with full sound simultaneously.

Terrylene.

Trix Bruce, One Deaf Woman Show. There are words, and then there is Trix Bruce. She can tell you the story of her life, without uttering a word. Trix is a storyteller, a poet, an actress, and a one deaf-woman show. You will be captivated by her electrifying energy, irresistible sense of humor, open-hearted honest, and rich experience. Learn where you can see Trix next, and find out how you can book her stunning performances for your next event.

Deaf photography

Ayisha Knight homepage: Photos. For me, the declaration "It takes a village to raise a child" is not only and African proverb, it's the way I've lived my life. Questions of my cultural and linguistic identity always invoke quizzical expressions, astonishment or resignation to the fact that I can't be described in one checked box on college applications. I am the daughter of a white Jewish mother and a Black Cherokee father by birth, but I was raised in a community of single mothers who raised me as their own. At last count, fifteen mothers, three fathers, numerous brothers, sisters all forming an unconventional yet profoundly beautiful family. This ethnically diverse community of poets, painters, sculptors, storytellers taught me that creating and sharing art is as much a political act as a thing of beauty. Sharing myself and my work has been my greatest challenge and most rewarding experience.

Bartholick. Robin's photography includes people, still-life, advertising, corporate, large sets and digital imaging. He has been a successful international photographer for the last twenty-three years, serving such clients as Microsoft, Nintendo, Infiniti, Boeing, Airborne Express, Intel, American Airlines, Adobe, Hewlett Packard, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, PowerAde, Ford Motors, Hitachi and Starbucks. He has successfully merged his life-long involvement in fine art with commercial photography work.

Carmel Flores Photography.

Darren Frazier Photogrpahy.

Deaf Photography - WhiteHawk Press. Categories: Architecture, Black and White, Bridges, Egypt, Faces, Flowers, Food, France, Macro, Nature, Objects, Pattern, People, Religion, Russia, Sky, Sports, Statues, Travel.

DeafSmith Journals.com. The mission of Deaf Smith Journals is to provide a place for deaf signed language artisans to showcase their stories, poetry and visual-gestural productions. Our ultimate goal is to encourage and preserve the rich heritage found within the natural signed language of the American Deaf culture.

Downing Graphix. Brant C. Downing possesses over ten years of experience in the graphic design world, specializing in the creation of logos, websites, virtual tours, brochures, flyers, banners and presentations . I have the expertise to coordinate all aspects of your project, from concept to photography to copywriting, even web development and printing.

Edward Nugent Photography.

Flying Hands Studio - Rita Straubhaar. My inspiration is Mother Nature herself. When I am taking photographs of flowers outdoors, the wind keeps the flowers in constant motion. The challenge for me is to wait for it to hold it’s own breath to “allow me the privilege” of photographing it’s beauty. As I capture the essence of a subject, I am in awe with the texture and perfection of it whether it’s in the midst of a struggle to bloom, or in full glory, or even in the sadness of decay. My goal is to share this awe; to inspire others to see what I see and hopefully take the time to appreciate the perfection of Mother Nature.

Hamilton, Photographer: About me.

Jason Wittig. Jason Wittig was born and raised in the tiny northwoods town of Boulder Junction, Wisconsin with a big family. He became Deaf at age fourteen months. At a very early age, he naturally took a fake 35mm camera and pretended to be the wedding photographer at his older sister's wedding. Late in his teenage years, he developed a serious passion and vision for photography. His vision is natural, beautiful, and humorous with depth. His perspective also brings forth an amazing array of emotions, using elements from fine art photography to those of advertising. The variety shows through the immense array of subjects he has chosen to capture.

Jolanta A. Lapiak: i8media artist. I am a literary and media artist, narrator, poet and performer. My work explores grammatology and various ways of writing with a unique blend of cinematic vocabulary, choreography, verbal calligraphy, visual poetry, and language. My works undermine the logocentric traditions of textuality and poetry. My work advocates for the individual right of another choice of speaking (manually speaking or sign language).

Jon Senzer Photography. Jon brings a simple flair and easy-going style to portrait and wedding photography. He specializes in fine art photojournalistic images that showcases the unique personalities of each of his clients. His imagery will seamlessly illustrate the story of your day and provide photographs that are classic, distinctive, and fun. Clients can choose between complete packages or create a custom package that suits their needs. Jon's studio is located in Frederick, Maryland.

Kosmonaut. I am available for wedding, travel, editorial, portrait, product, & food photography, graphic design, web design, blogging, and deaf-tech consulting. I live in San Francisco, California and am available to travel anywhere.

Matthew Kohashi. Welcome to my first photography website. My name is Matthew Kohashi and I am currently working toward my second degree in Photography from Gallaudet University. I started photography from my own boredom to a hobby. So, I hope you will enjoy my website and spread around about my website.

Menlo Oaks Sports. Michael Burns is a Deaf Photographer and is the current Resident Photographer for San Mateo Little League American San Mateo Babe Ruth youth baseball leagues. Michael is the new Menlo College's Athletics Team Photographer and is the assistant photographer for the GoldenBearSports.com covering Cal Berkeley sports. He has photographed youth soccer for International Sports Images, Fightnews.com, briefly photographed the now defunct MLS' San Jose Earthquakes Soccer and Mutant Motorsports' motocross racing.

Michael Pimentel is a well-known Deaf professional photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He has covered many different professional and college sports, such as the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, NBA, MLB, NFL, Siebel/SAP Open, College Bowls, Professional Boxing, AMA Motocross, USA Rugby, Senior PGA, LPGA, Major League Soccer, Women's United Soccer Association, Founder's Cup III, East/West Shrine Game, Pac-10 Women's Basketball Championship, Bank of the West WTA Tennis, Pentathlon World Championship and Mutant Motorsports' Motocross Racing.

Michelle McAuliffe. Photography is one part of what I do. To me, it is like a never-ending diary. When I look at the prints, they evoke the whens, the whys, the wheres, the whats, and the hows. Perhaps one would call this my visual form of psychoanalysis. Doing my work also frees my thoughts and delivers many opportunities for happy accidents and beauty as the tools to finish the project.

NORTH STAR PHOTOGRAPHY. -- accomplishment measured by the collective skills, experience, and artistic intuitions of two extremely talented individuals, who also happen to be husband and wife: MARY BETH NORTH, has successfully combined broad technical education, more than 13 years of experience, and creative instinct to her profession as a photographer and design expert. CHAD NORTH, likewise was recognized as an exceptionally gifted young man. His artistic abilities with paint and an airbrush brought him early commercial success.

Orkid Sassouni Fotography. Orkid Sassouni currently works at the San Francisco Public Library’s Deaf Services Center. She is also a past President and Coordinator for Deaf Visual and Performing Artists, known as DVPA. But Orkid has never abandoned her love of photography. She continues to engage in the medium daily, mostly in film formats even though digital photography is the most used commercial format today. Her photographs and mixed media artworks have been shown in galleries across the United States.

Rita Straubhaar. Nature photography.

Tate Tullier Photography. For as long as I´ve known, photography has been a passion of mine and continues to be what my dream career is. Being such a fortunate person, I have been able to pursue this wonderful pathway to giving a huge, diverse audience what my eye sees. What does my eye see? Oh, that's almost too impossible to downsize to one type of thing but what I'll say is my eye gets such a thrill of capturing the mass amount of things out there in the world. Photography is something I can't live without, and you shouldn't either.

The Ambling Photographer. I've always been passionate about photography. I love nature/wildlife and in particular bird photography, but will try anything. I am profoundly deaf, and I think this has a great deal of influence on what I see through my lens.

The Jason Project. Jason's photographic interests include abstract, travel, body aspects, and photojournalism. He also enjoys interacting with people as he conducts event photography and event portraits (prom’s, gala’s, etc.).

Tim Kettering Photography. My approach to photography is one as simple as possible. I do not like using flash photography. I prefer to immerse myself into the element of where I am, and shoot using entirely available light. Shooting with available light presents many challenges. Sometimes lighting conditions are not ideal. So I have to make sure I collect every valuable photon. I shoot with a Canon 5D, one of the best available-light cameras on the market. But even the best cameras still need fast glass to make shooting in low-light possible. For that end, I make heavy use of primes, which give superior optical performance. I primarily use a EF 35mm f/1.4 L. I cannot possibly summarize how fantastic this combination is for my work, other than simply saying it rocks.

Deaf poetry

ASL Quest: ASL literature. Videoclips of ASL poetry.

Ayisha Knight homepage: Poetry.

Bar-Tzur, D. Humor and stories for interpreters: Deaf poetry.

Berke, J.

Poetry by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.

Sign Language - ASL Poetry.

Deaf poetics, Part I, Part II, Part III..

[Deaf] Poetry - about.com.

Deaf poetry: Expressions from the heart.

DeafSmith Journals.com. The mission of Deaf Smith Journals is to provide a place for deaf signed language artisans to showcase their stories, poetry and visual-gestural productions. Our ultimate goal is to encourage and preserve the rich heritage found within the natural signed language of the American Deaf culture.

DiGi, B. (2007, April 29). Leave the L in Liberty but with Limits.Barb DiGi uses the L sign to express in her ASL poetry about the recent discussion on negative commenters and freedom of speech.

International bibliography of sign language. Click on "S", then on "Stylstics".

Jolanta A. Lapiak: i8media artist. I am a literary and media artist, narrator, poet and performer. My work explores grammatology and various ways of writing with a unique blend of cinematic vocabulary, choreography, verbal calligraphy, visual poetry, and language. My works undermine the logocentric traditions of textuality and poetry. My work advocates for the individual right of another choice of speaking (manually speaking or sign language).

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center: ASL poetry and stories.

Luczak, R. (Winter 2003). Farewell sestina to A.R.

Poems about deafness - Deaf dude.

Poems related to the Deaf experience.

Poetry by Deaf and hard of hearing people or alternate site.

RaymondLuczak.com.

Schroeder, C.

(2007, March 12). ASL Dragon Poem.

(2007, March 01). ASL Vlog Poem: From Tulip Bulb to Enlightenment.

Slope. Publishes Deaf poetry.

Terrylene. Deaf actress, poet, storyteller, mime, dancer (Ballet, Jazz, Modern), speech reading, American Sign Language (native), and technical/script consultant (Deaf culture/deafness)

Wallace Library at NTID/RIT. Click on "Deaf literature and poetry."

World around you. (March/April 1998). Poetry from Wild Tigers.

YouTube - DeepCityG's Channel.

Educational interpreting

ASLinfo.com. Useful tips for educators working with an interpreter (Elementary, Middle and High School). Good to print up for Hearing people that sometimes have to interact with a Deaf person with an interpreter.

Bar-Tzur, D.

Interpreting for children.

Interpreting for technical topics.

Interpreting legislation (Educational, health sciences and legal).

Outside assessment and certification.

Being with Deaf people. Good to print up for Hearing people that sometimes have to interact with a Deaf person without an interpreter, such as at work between official meetings.

Berke, J. (n.d.) Educational interpreters' lament.

ClassroomInterpreting.org is sponsored by Boys Town National Research Hospital located in Omaha, Nebraska and the University of Colorado and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This comprehensive website is designed to help individuals within the public school setting enable deaf and hard of hearing students to receive the same social and educational opportunities as their hearing peers. Classroominterpreting.org will provide valuable information for administrators, teachers, classroom interpreters, deaf and hard of hearing students and their parents, and hearing students.

Code of ethics for educational interpreters.

Cohen, L. H. (22 February 1994). Schools for all, or separate but equal?; An interpreter isn't enough.

Communication with the deaf. A possible handout for teachers.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) amendments of 1997.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 97.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 97 regulations.

Interpreter manual - University of New Mexico.

Jacob, B. The Hearing Impaired child in the Jewish classroom.

Jankowski, K. A. Student life in the new millennium: Empowering education for Deaf students.

Johnson, C. D. (December 2000). How the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) applies to deaf and hard of hearing students.

K12 academics. A National Education & Disability Resource website with a community based approach. We cover every county, city and town in the U.S. If you are looking for a web site or information on a school, organization, museum, consultant, library, camp, study abroad program or support in your area you can find it here. The site also serves as a great resource for Teachers, Parents, Students, Professionals & District Officials in the K-12 Education system with extensive information on various topics in education and disabilities.

k-12 Terps.

Kluwin, T. N. and D. A. Stewart. (Winter/Spring 2001). Interpreting in schools: A look at research. Odyssey.

Levin, D. (30 November 1997). Mandated reporting of abuse.

Niska, H. (4 February 1998). Creativity: Strategies for interpreting neologisms - A preliminary study.

Orthodox Union. (16 June 1999). Religious schools across the country make move towards inclusion.

PEPNet. Information and technical assistance to postsecondary institutions serving people who are Deaf and hard of hearing.

Pointers for working with an interpreter.

RID's Special Interest Groups (SIGS). Scroll down to "Educational Interpreters and Transliterators".

Sanderson, G., Siple, L. & Lyons, B. Interpreting for postsecondary Deaf students. PDF file.

Schick, B. (Winter-Spring 2001). Interpreting for children.

SEE Center.

Signed English - miningco.com.

States that recognize ASL as a foreign language.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Disability Support Services. Interpreter policy.

Ethics

American Sign Language interpreting resources: Ethics and role.

American Psychological Association - Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct.

American Translators Association, 1988 Code of Ethical Practices and Professional Rights.

AMITAS (American Medical Interpreters Translators Association) code of ethics for medical interpreters and translators.

Applied ethics resources on the WWW.

Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada - Code of Ethics. Very detailed; a fascinating read.

AUSIT - Code of Ethics.

Bar-Tzur, D.

Humor and stories for interpreters: Code of Ethics.

Humor and stories for interpreters: Interpreter error. "Faithful rendition".

Humor and stories for interpreters: War stories

Humor and stories for interpreters: You can pick your assignments, and your consumer can pick his nose, but you can't interpret that consumer's assignments

Ethics for K-12 interpreters

Code of ethics and guidelines for interpreters/signers in religious settings.

Code of ethics - Court interpretation: Model guides for policy and practice in the state courts.

Code of ethics for educational interpreters.

Deaf-Blind freedom -- How far? is a discussion on the moral and ethical boundaries between the Deaf-Blind community and SSPs.

DeafJana64. (2007, April 6). Mediation Meeting. My attorney and I have a mediation meeting with ENT doctor who refused to provide a qualified interpreter next week. I need your ideas, feedbacks, and perhaps you share your experience what I had been through. This Dr violated ADA law over a year ago during my visit with dr by refusing to provide a certified interpreter. Please forgive me this vlog is about 10 minutes. I dont sign as fast as others. (SMILES)

Eighinger, L.

(November 1998). Condensed version of the study of ethics.

(n.d.) Does the code fit like a pair of gloves or mittens?

The Ethical Spectacle (a journal).

Ethics and the Internet.

Ethics resources.

Florida Code of Ethics for Educational Interpreters.

Gish, S. (1995). Appropriate dress for interpreters.

Goujon, J. (2 October 2000). Ethical people & interpreters.

Green, C. (21 March 2003). Interpreters and "soft skills": Ethics and attitude.

Harvey, M. A. Shielding yourself from the perils of empathy. Interpreters are typically highly compassionate people who are besieged by a hundred echoes of Deaf peoples' pain. As Donna - the interpreter who we met in chapter one - put it, "we have a built in over-sensitivity to oppression of Deaf persons that's installed into our psyches before or during our interpreter training." While the components of this "installation" are quite intricate and often elusive, I will artificially demarcate some of them for clarification.

Hawaii Interpreters and Translators Association Code of ethics.

IEEE code of ethics.

Interpreters must be dually allied.

Kalichman, S. C. (1993, August) Reporting of suspected child abuse: Ethics, law, and policy. American Psychological Association. ISBN: 1557982856

Kinsella, T.

(n.d.) On liminality. Undergoing a shift in cultural identity.

(25 Februray 1996). A way of responding: Some thoughts on the Allies Conference.

(Fall 1996). X-factor plus. . .

Levin, D. (30 November 1997). Mandated reporting of abuse.

Metcalf, C. (21 November 2001). Medical consent and Deafblind patients.

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators professional code for court interpreters.

Online Ethics Center: Glossary of ethical terms.

Remen, R. N. (n.d.) In the service of life. "Serving is different from helping. Helping is based on inequality; it is not a relationship between equals."

Schachter, R. (n.d.) The limits of confidentiality put social workers in a bind.

Standards of conduct - Maricopa County, Arizona.

Standards of professional conduct for court interpreters (California).

State of Washington code of conduct for court interpreters.

Swartz, D. B. [Interpreter] role.

The Refugee Review Tribunal. (September 1999). Handbooks. Click on "The RRT Interpreters' Handbook" (requires Acrobat Reader). Developed to set out clearly the Tribunal's language requirements and to address the specialised nature of the Tribunal's work. It includes information on the role of the interpreter and the interpreter's code of ethics.

Timm, D.

(24 September 2000). Defining ethics & morality.

(27 November 2000). Examining the Code of Ethics.

WAVLI - Code of Ethics. Under construction as of 1/2/08.

Ziemer, N. (2007, March 5). A question to ask....Nick sends vlog question to Deaf Community about requesting for an interpreter for a wedding of a person he does not know. He was invited as "Name of person and Guest" kind of invitation. FYI: He forgot to add that he and Beth just want to go together as guests. Not to have beth act as interpreter, but to have a separate interpreter.

General interpreting issues

ASLinfo.com.

Interpreting.

Styles of communication.

Vocabulary [on deafness and interpreting].

Bar-Tzur, D. Humor and stories for interpreters. There are some videos in ASL and other sign languages. Look for the icon in the table of contents.

Berke, J. Jack Jason - Interpreter and Business Partner for Marlee Matlin.

Being with Deaf people. Good to print up for Hearing people that sometimes have to interact with a Deaf person without an interpreter, such as at work between official meetings.

Blapnet.com. a social utility developed to connect those interested in the many aspects of sign language interpreting! We are excited to share that we are sporting a new look and have rolled out a number of new features. Forums & Chats: Provides opportunities to connect with colleagues in a realtime environment and comment on the latest trends, events, and developments in the field.

Clear View Innovations. Innovative equipment and devices for: video relay service (VRS) and video remote interpreting (VRI), videophone calling/conferencing in ASL, deaf and deafblind-related events, general and specialized community interpreting, video performance testing and recording for ASL/ITP programs.

Clerc Center. Careers in Deafness.

CollegeRecruiter.com. (2007, January 22). Interpreters and Translators.If you are fluent in more than one language you might qualify to join an elite work force. Intpreters and Translators are needed for work business, government, the military, the media, social services, the judicial system, and travel and tourism. Anywhere cultures intersect.

C-Print: A computer-aided speech-to-print transcription system.

Eighinger, L.

Gadget overload.

& Karlin, B. (2001). Feminist-relational approach: A social construct for event management.

Frasu, A. (2005). Working with an ASL-English interpreter & providing visual accessibility for deaf consumers.

Green, C. Language of the heart.

Greene, D. (June 1998). Voicing with valor.

The human languages page.

iCommunicator. Communicator makes effective two-way communication possible for persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or experience unique communication challenges. The iCommunicator translates in real-time: Speech to Text, Speech/Text to Video Sign-Language, Speech/Text to Computer Generated Voice.

InterpreterConnections.com. With this site you can: (1) Email or call requests DIRECT to interpreters and agencies. (2) Look up phone, email and website info. (3) Search locally or nationally. (4) Browse on detailed specifications; trilingual and cultural needs. (5) Increase awareness on different rates and terms. (6) Book and invoice directly with Interpreters and Agencies. (6) Recruit Freelance Interpreter or Staff Interpreters.

Kinsella, T. (n.d.) On liminality. Undergoing a shift in cultural identity.

Marsh Affinity Group Services offers E&O (Errors and Omissions) insurance. Contact them at 800.503.9230.

Occupational statistics for interpreters and translators. State-level data may be available. Check for your state on State workforce office map and look for the Labor Market Information link. There you should be able to access information on wages, etc. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code for interpreters, which may help you find the information, is 27-3091.

Quality of Sign Language interpreters.

SignInterpreters.com.

The TypeWell Educational Transcription System.

Timm D. (12 December 2000). Telephone interpreting.

trans-k. Glossary of translation and interpreting terminology.

Translation and interpreting: A meeting between language and cultures.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Disability Support Services.

Distance education transcriber handbook.

UALR transcriber handbook.

Wande, E. (1997). Text linguistics, translation theory and interpreting. Models for the study of simultaneous interpreting of LSP discourse.

Welch, T.

(2007, May 4). Situation with Interpreter at University.

(2007, May 9). Follow up on Interpreter at University. These are tips Welch received, commenting on "Situation with interpreter at uNiversity."

What does an interpreter do? Russian Interpreters Co-op.

ZPIG - Zak's Politically Incorrect Glossary. The purpose of this Glossary is to define various concepts, whose existence may have escaped the attention of some people who participate in the Oral vs. Manual arguments. As such, no attempt to be Politically Correct was made in choosing the terms used. The important point was to clarify the concepts behind the terms and make distinctions as needed.

General reference resources

Acronym dictionary at MCC, UK.

Acronyms and Abbreviations (Akronyme und Abkuerzungen) FU, Berlin, Germany.

Dictionary.com.

Glossary of terms applicable to most walks of life. Acronyms.

Internet public library.

Library of congress.

Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus at ARTFL.

Encyclopedias, libraries, and dictionaries.

Wordsmyth dictionary-thesaurus.

WWWebster dictionary and thesaurus.

www.dict.org.

Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened adults

About.com on audiograms.

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf.

AllDeaf.com. Sign Language & oralism.

Deyo, D. (Revised by J. Lee, 18 July 1997) Speechreading in context: A guide for practice in everyday settings.

Erting, L. & Pfau, J. (24 July 1997) Becoming bilingual.

Famous Scots - Alexander Graham Bell.

Graney, S. (4 May 1998). Where does speech fit in? Spoken English in a bilingual context.

Griffin, S. "Rocky" Stone: From CIA to SHHH.

Healthy Hearing.

Hearing Loss Association of America.

Hearing Loss Web is dedicated to people who have hearing loss, but are not members of the traditional Deaf community. This includes people who consider themselves to be hearing impaired, hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf. We provide information on issues, medical topics, resources, and technology, and events related to hearing loss.

Mahshie, S. A first language: Whose choice is it?

Oral Deaf education.

The League for the Hard of Hearing's mission is to improve the quality of life for infants, children, and adults with all degrees of hearing loss. We accomplish our mission by providing hearing rehabilitation and human services for people who are hard of hearing or deaf, and their families, regardless of age, ability to pay, or mode of communication, and by striving to empower consumers to achieve their potential.

The SayWhatClub is an on-line group of circa 400 late-deafened, hard of hearing and deaf/Deaf adults and other interested folks who provide support and encouragement to each other through e-mail. Our goal is to provide a friendly, good-humored place to exchange conversation, information, advice, deep thoughts, humor, tall tales, and chit chat. It is our hope that members will get to know each other and develop an on-line "community feeling."

Unheard voices. This program is a candid and compassionate portrayal of people... women and men, young and old... coping with the life-changing impact of hearing loss. Gael Hannan, an actor with a severe-to-profound hearing loss gives a powerful performance in this adaptation of her one-woman play, created with Dalene Flannigan. UNHEARD VOICES is both moving and humorous and is a must-see for anyone who truly wants to understand life with hearing loss.

Woodcock, K. Yes we have no implants.

The history of interpreting

ASLinfo.com. History of EIE [Florida Educational Interpreters Evaluation] Development.

Translators [and interpreters] in the media.

Interpreter education (for students)

ASLinfo.com. Interpreter Training Programs: Two sides of the coin. Are interpreter training programs alone enough for interpreters to join the work force? How beneficial are these programs, How much can they actually learn?

Bar-Tzur, D.

Humor and stories for interpreters: For IEP (ITP) students.

Interpreter education programs.

Dean, R. K. & Pollard, Jr., R. Q. Application of demand-control theory to Sign Language interpreting: Implications for stress and interpreter training.

Felder, R. M. and Soloman, B. A. Index of learning styles.

Gammelin, B. (24 April 2000). Attracting qualified interpreters to Maine. The situation the paper describes in Maine was true up to the mid-'90's, but has now changed substantially - though it remains representative of circumstances that appear widely elsewhere in the country.

Graham, C., Cagiltay, K., Lim, B., Craner J., & Duffy, T. M. (March/April 2001). Seven principles of effective teaching: A practical lens for evaluating online courses.

Info to Go: Becoming a Sign Language interpreter.

Interpreter training resources. Meant for spoken language interpreters, but there is a wealth of information here!

Life events stress test.

Maloney, S. (30 May 2000). The addition of an interpreter training program at Oakland University.

Mikkelson, H. Plus ça change: The impact of globalization and technology on translator/interpreter education.

Preparation of Educational Interpreters Project.

Prochaska-Cue, K. Thirteen timely tips for more effective personal time management.

Smith, C. Study hints for Sign Language and interpreting students.

Stress toughness test.

Swartz, D. B. [Interpreter] training.

Time management.

Training of interpreters for individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and individuals who are Deaf-Blind; Notices (Federal Register).

What makes a successful online student?

Interpreter education (for teachers)

AIIC. Setting up a conference interpreting training programme. Compare a program for spoken language interpreters.

ASLinfo.com. Interpreter Training Programs: Two sides of the coin. Are interpreter training programs alone enough for interpreters to join the work force? How beneficial are these programs, How much can they actually learn?

Bar-Tzur, D.

Humor and stories for interpreters: For IEP (ITP) teachers.

Online teaching and learning.

Create rubrics for your project-based-learning activities. Rubric templates: Oral projects, research and writing, work skills, multimedia, products, science, math, reading, music, art.

Dean, R. K. & Pollard, Jr., R. Q. Application of demand-control theory to Sign Language interpreting: Implications for stress and interpreter training. We describe sources of demand in the interpreting profession, including demands that arise from factors other than those associated with languages (linguistic demands). These include environmental, interpersonal, and intrapersonal demands.

Disney Learning Partnership. Cooperative and collabortative learning. A nice summary of the following questions: What are cooperative and collaborative learning? How do cooperative and collaborative learning differ from the traditional approach? How have cooperative and collaborative learning developed since they became popular? What are the benefits of cooperative and collaborative learning? What are some critical perspectives? How can I use cooperative and collaborative learning in conjunction with other educational techniques?

Hamerik, N. (19 - 23, May 1998). Community interpreter training programme in Denmark. Scroll down to #2 and choose your format: HTML, pdf, or Word.

Heaney, T. Issues in Freirean pedagogy. For poor and dispossessed people, strength is in numbers and social change is accomplished in unity. Power is shared, not the power of a few who improve themselves at the expense of others, but the power of the many who find strength and purpose in a common vision.

Interpreter training resources. Meant for spoken language interpreters, but there is a wealth of information here!

Just what is a rubric?

Kruse, K. Gagne's nine events of instruction: An introduction. 1. Gain attention; 2. Inform learners of objectives; 3. Stimulate recall of prior learning; 4. Present the content; 5. Provide "learning guidance"; 6. Elicit performance (practice); 7. Provide feedback; 8. Assess performance; 9. Enhance retention and transfer to the job.

NCREL.

Pathways to school improvement. Pathways syntesizes research, policy, and best practices on issues critical to educators engaged in school imporvement.

Technology in education. Assessment and evaluation, e-Learning, planning, policy, professional development, research, and teacher preparation.

Portfolios for assessment and instruction. The definition of a portfolio varies some, but there seems to be a general consensus that a portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that tells the story of student achievement or growth.

(November 1993). Student portfolios: Classroom uses. Portfolios are collections of student work representing a selection of performance. Although there is no single correct way to develop portfolio programs, in all of them students are expected to collect, select, and reflect.

Swearingen, R., Jr. (1990). A primer: Diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment. According to Kellough and Kellough, "Teaching and learning are reciprocal processes that depend on and affect one another. Thus, the assessment component deals with how well the students are learning and how well the teacher is teaching" (1999, p. 417). It is the "assessment component" of teaching and learning that this paper will address. In particular, the distinctions between diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment methods will be discussed. [Webmaster's note: This is very succint and informative on the topic.]

University of Tennessee. Reforming interpreter education: A practice profession approach center on Deafness.

Wiggins, G. (1990). The case for authentic assessment. Assessment is authentic when we directly examine student performance on worthy intellectual tasks. Traditional assessment, by contract, relies on indirect or proxy 'items'--efficient, simplistic substitutes from which we think valid inferences can be made about the student's performance at those valued challenges.

Interpreting legislation (Educational, health sciences and legal)

FEDERAL	FOR ALL STATES	Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas	California
Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho
Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine
Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri	Montana
Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York	North Carolina
North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Puerto Rico	Rhode Island
South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah	Vermont	Virginia
Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming

FEDERAL

ASLinfo.com. Federal laws.

See section above on "ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)".

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) amendments of 1997.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 97.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 97 regulations.

Dr. Dave's Deaf and hard of hearing links - Laws.

R . v. Attard Central Criminal Court (1958) 43 Cr.App.R.90. In Britain in 1958, a landmark case (sometimes more respected in the breach than in practice but nevertheless relevant) ruled that the interpreter was the ONLY witness to what took place between a police officer and a suspect who did not share a common language.

Rulings & guidance from OSEP, OCR, & due process. Some rulings that involve interpreters, as well as other topics.

10th Circuit: District must provide on-site interpretive services.

FOR ALL STATES

National Association of the Deaf.

Table of state laws and regulations on requirements of interpreters.

Swartz, D. B. Regulations governing interpreter requirements, state-by-state. Has helpful chart, especially for comparison of states. Also great if you want to get the gist of the legislation, instead of wading through all the legalese.

State laws/regulation related to educational interpreting. Summary of regulations in each state, with permission from Dr. Leilani Johnson.

Alabama

Alabama Department of Mental Health.

Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators.

House Bill 685.

Information about the JSU Interpreter Ethics / Knowledge Test.

Original Interpreter Licensure Law and Amendment. These are in html format and in downloadable pdf files.

Section 12-21-131.

Section 34-16-3.

Alaska

Bill History/Action for HB126 21 Legislature.

HB 126: Bill history/Action display.

House Bill 126 (full text).

Sponsor Substitute for HB126.

Arizona

36-1971. Licensure; acts and persons not affected.

SB 211 -- Update.

Arkansas

California

2005 California Rules of Court: Sec. 18.1. Interpreted proceedings-instructing participants on procedure.

AB 2912.

California courts: Programs: Court interpreters.

California courts: Search. Use this feature to find more information.

California standards for healthcare interpreters. This is a downloadable pdf file.

Colorado

Colorado State Board of Education, see page 26, Section 3.04(1)(f).

House Bill 97-1146 Requirements for Educational Settings.

Connecticut

Chapter 814a: Deaf and hearing impaired persons.

cga.ct.gov. Chapter 303a: Deaf and hearing impaired persons.

Legaltips.org. Chapter 303a: Deaf and hearing impaired persons.

Delaware

Florida

ASLinfo.com. Florida state laws.

Educational Interpreters Code of ethics (Florida).

Florida educational interpreter evaluation.

Georgia

160-4-7-.11 Personnel, facilities, equipment, materials and class size.

Georgia Judicial Branch: Commission on Access and Fairness in the Courts.

HB 666 - Sign language and intermediary interpreters; services.

Hawaii

Disability and Communication Access Board.

Idaho

Idaho Statutes, TITLE 9, EVIDENCE CHAPTER 2, WITNESSES, 9-205. INTERPRETERS.

Illinois

Bill Status of SB2292 94th General Assembly. Creates the Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2006 to replace the Interpreters for the Deaf Act. Provides for the regulation of interpreters for the deaf through licensure by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission. Establishes the Board of Interpreters and provides for evaluation teams. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Interpreters for the Deaf Fund. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to add a provision concerning privileged communications involving interpreters for the hearing impaired. Repeals the Interpreters for the Deaf Act.

(12 September 2007). Gov. Blagojevich signs law to protect people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing from unskilled interpreters State to set standards to license and regulate sign language interpreters.

IDHHC interpreter corner.

Indiana

FSSA: Indiana Interpreter Certification Program.

IC 12-12-7, Chapter 7. Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

IC 34-45, ARTICLE 45. WITNESSES.

ICRID Educational Interpreter Standards.

Iowa

Iowa Judicial Branch. A guide for Iowa court interpreters.

Senate File 2215 -- Section 1. CERTIFICATION OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING, INTERPRETERS - STUDY.

Kansas

Kansas guidelines for educational interpreters. PDF file.

Kentucky

Kentucky Finance & Administration Cabinet: Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Board.

Registration of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Louisiana

Standards for educational interpreters and /or transliterators. PDF file.

Maine

Office of Licensing and Registration: Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.

Registration of interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Office of Licensing and Registration. (2001-2002). Regulatory Agenda: Interpreters and Transliterators of American Sign Language and English.

Title 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES, Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS, Chapter 3: ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, BOARDS, ETC., GENERALLY. §48. Interpreter service for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Maryland

House Bill 320, Section 2002 - Court interpreters. This is a downloadable rtf file.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Government.

ACCESS MCDHH.

General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 221: Section 92A Interpreters for the deaf or hearing-impaired; court proceedings; arrests; admissibility of evidence; fees and expenses; privileged communications.

Intermediary Interpreters (Certified Deaf Interpreters).

Section 92a. Interpreters for the deaf or hearing impaired.

Statewide Interpreter and CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) Referral Service.

Michigan

Background and state certificate level descriptions.

FAQ, Michigan Interpreter Law, Public Act 23 & 24.

Minnesota

H.F. No. 1077, 1st Engrossment - 85th Legislative Session (2007-2008).

Minnesota Statutes 2003, Chapter 122A.31 American sign language/English interpreters.

S.F. No. 827, 4th Engrossment - 85th Legislative Session (2007-2008).

S.F. No. 2201,  as introduced - 82nd Legislative Session (2001-2002).

Mississippi

Missouri

HB 564: Current Bill summary.

HB 564 - Requiring CEUs for interpreter license renewal voted "Do pass".

Interpreters Manual Main.

Missouri Interpreters Certification System.

Montana

Montana Code Annontated 2002 --49-4-503. Deaf person as participant in judicial or administrative proceeding -- interpreter to be used.

Nebraska

Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Sign Language interpreters.

Nebraska Guidelines for Educational Interpreters. This is a downloadable PDF file.

Proposed legislation. This is a downloadable DOC file.

Nevada

Chapter 50 -- Witnesses.

Chapter 171 -- Proceedings to Commitment.

Nevada certified court interpreters program.

Senate Bill No. 245.

Senate Bill No. 245, Amendment No. 838.

New Hampshire

Chapter 326-I: Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard or Hearing.

Chapter 521-A: Interpreters for the Deaf.

HB 288-FN - Final Version.

HB 1292 -- 2001 Session.

Interpreter Licensure Board.

TITLE XII PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE. CHAPTER 173-C CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN VICTIMS AND COUNSELORS. Section 173-C:1. 173-C:1 Definitions.

TITLE XV EDUCATION. CHAPTER 200-C VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Section 200-C:19. 200-C:19 Functions.

TITLE XV EDUCATION. CHAPTER 200-C VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Section 200-C:20-a. 200-C:20-a National Level and State Level Examination Fee; Revolving Fund Established.

TITLE XXX Occupations and professions, Chapter 326-1, Interpreters for the Deaf and hard of hearing, Section 326-I:7.

New Jersey

Educational Interpreter Professional Development Center.

New Jersey Courts -- Interpreting services.

New Mexico

A Joint Memorial Requesting the State of New Mexico to Study the Feasibility of Licensing Sign Language Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in New Mexico.

State of New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons.

New York

Bill Text - A01435.

GVRRID. Licensing for Sign Language interpreters.

Preparation of Educational Interpreters Project.

North Carolina

General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 2001, : General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 2001, Session Law 2002-182, House Bill 1313.

North Carolina Interpreters and Translieterators Licensing Board.

North Dakota

Ohio

Ohio interpreter standards bill.

Oklahoma

Oregon

ODHHSP Technical Assistance and Information Center.

2001 legislative session.

House ammendments to House Bill 3230.

Chapter 185 - Commissions for Disabled, Hispanic Affairs, Black Affairs, Women and Asian Affairs, 2003 EDITION.

Court Interpreter Services.

House ammendments to House Bill 3230.

House Bill 3230, Ordered by the Senate July 7, Including House Amendments dated May 18 and June 20 and Senate Amendments dated July 7 [2005].

House Bill 3503.

Oregon Disabilities Commission. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Program.

Relating to Oregon Disabilities Commission; creating new provisions; amending ORS 185.110, 185.150, 185.180 and 192.

(May 1999). State Court Administrator policies for the Oregon Judicial Department's Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Program.

Pennsylvania

Bill information, Regular session 2003-2004, House Bill 445.

The General Assembly of Pennsylvania, House Bill No. 445, Session of 2003. House Bill No. 445 provides that all sign language interpreters practicing in the Commonwealth must be licensed, with few exceptions.

House Bill 445, as ammended June 28, 2004.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. Services for people with disabilities: Interpreter registration.

SENATE BILL No. 467, Session of 1997.

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

Board of Interpreters for the Deaf.

CHAPTER 5-71 Interpreters for the Deaf Index Of Sections.

South Carolina

Title 17 - Criminal Procedures, CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 17-1-50. Interpreters in criminal proceedings.

South Dakota

SB-236, An act to require the provision of certain closed captioning and interpretive television services.

Tennessee

Postsecondary Education Consortium (Tennessee).

Tennessee educational interpreters' employment standards. This is a downloadable DOC file.

Tennessee interpreter law. This is a downloadable DOC file.

Tennessee Rules of Evidence, Rule 501, T.C.A. §24-1-103(f). DEAF PERSON-INTERPRETER PRIVILEGE.

Texas

Confidentiality of Conversations Bill, House Bill No. 1132.

Licensed Court Interpreters Government Code, Government Code, Title 2, Subtitle D, Chapter 57.

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, Division of Services for the Deaf Interpreter Certification Requirements.

Utah

Interpreter Information.

Rule 3-306. Court Interpreters.

Rule R280-203. Certification Requirements for Interpreters for the Hearing Impaired.

Vermont

S.136, AN ACT RELATING TO THE VERMONT INTERPRETER REFERRAL SERVICE.

Virginia

U.S. Courts Interpreter Information - Virginia.

Washington

West Virginia

West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Legislation.

Wisconsin

Educational Interpreter License (#884) Revision.

Surveymonkey.com. Average GROSS monthly salary for all FULL TIME interpreting staff. Scroll down to item 10 for salary.

Wisconsin Adminstrative Code, CHAPTER HFS 77, INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (Special Education, July 1999) The role of educational interpreters.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA).

Wyoming

Interpreting agencies and coordinators

Eighinger, L. Making a business of interpreting.

eRSP™ is an Internet based employee scheduling application that automates the tracking of client commitments, and the scheduling of employees to perform the commitments. eRSP™ takes the request, matches the request criteria with the proper available employee, and tracks the request through the entire fulfillment process - right on into invoicing and payroll stages. Because it is Internet-based, all you will need is a browser and Internet access. No additional hardware or software to buy, and it's available 24x7 at any Internet location.

Frasu, A. What to look for in an agency.

Interpreter Connections is a commission-free website that helps customers or clients access direct with Sign Language Interpreters and Agencies. For customers or clients that discover this site, they learn they can save time and money by booking direct and avoiding online brokers. This database gives information to quickly find relevant services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people, while helping you save the most time and money of any site online today.

InterpreterQuest is a one-of-a-kind Web-based scheduling, billing, and request software that functions as a plug-in for sign language interpreting service providers. Using InterpreterQuest, any provider can enable interpreters and clients alike to make requests, accept assignments, and handle invoices. For a low monthly lease, InterpreterQuest does it all twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, year round-all at your fingertips! InterpreterQuest: Fast, reliable, and affordable!

INTERPRiNET. A complete turnkey solution to managing your sign language interpreter referral service. From online interpreter requesting, to management of interpreter resources, to data output for your accounting software, INTERPRiNET provides a comprehensive feature set that is simply not available anywhere else.

Lazorisak, C. & Eighinger, L. Customer service for interpreting agencies: How to be all things to all people. Click on the article title to download it.

Professional Upbeat Database Designs (PUDDesigns) offers a variety of tracking databases that enable Freelance Interpreters, Translators, Linguists and Agencies to manage, track, and organize their business by using Microsoft Access program. To download one of our databases you must have the Microsoft Access program installed on your computer. Calculate mileage, billable rates and hours automatically; Manage and track all your clients’ information; Track, update, edit invoices by just a click of a button; Automatically calculates your future date of payment. Present a more professional invoice with less discrepancies; Type specific range of dates to get total earned.

RID's Special Interest Groups (SIGS). Scroll down to "Interpreter Service Managers".

Tips for using conference interpreters.

Interpreting for technical topics

Bar-Tzur, D.

A guided tutorial in physics for interpreters.

ASL number systems in technical discourse.

Preparation and sign negotiation.

Representing the Greek alphabet.

Resources for technical interpreting.

Signs for technical vocabulary.

Use of classifiers in technical discourse.

Legal interpreting

About.com.

Legal Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.

Miranda Rights questions and answers.

Alaska Justice Forum. (Winter 1997). Committees examine interpretation. Two committees examine the problems presented by language interpretation and court proceedings in state and federal courts in Alaska.

Alexander, E. Up against the law.

Alger-Robbins, A. Interpreter coordinators: The crucial link between the court and the interpreter.

Attorneys, courts, and government agencies' responsibilities to Deaf and hearing impaired under the ADA.

avbria.

My Deaf Mom, the Cop and the Law.

Part II: My Deaf Mom, the Cop and the Law

Bar-Tzur, D.

Humor and stories for interpreters: Legal interpreting.

Interpreting legislation (Educational, health sciences and legal).

California Center for Law and the Deaf.

California courts: Programs: Court Interpreters.

Callahan, B.

(22 August 1997). Patient wins suit over deaf interpreter.

(31 January 1996). Reno court interpreter held; his S.D. sex offense turns up.

CEC links to the laws.

Claus. H. (Winter 1997). Court interpreting: Complexities and misunderstandings. Accurately interpreting to and from English in proceedings requires a language proficiency often misunderstood by participants in the court proceedings, and lack of proficient interpretation can give rise to errors with threaten the integrity of the justice process.

Code of ethics - Court interpretation: Model guides for policy and practice in the State courts.

Code of professional responsibility for interpreters in the Oregon courts.

Court interpretation: A selective bibliography. A downloadable pdf file.

Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. Minutes of a meeting of the Rules Committee held in Room 1100B of the People's Resource Center, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland on February 11, 2000. "The Subcommittee is also proposing new language which would comply with Chief Judge Bell's suggestion to provide in the Rules for the videotape recording of proceedings in the District Court, since this technology may be extended to the District Court at some time."

CourtTV.com.

DeafLaw. Your legal rights as a Deaf or hard of hearing person.

deafread.com. Deaf Law Blog.

DeafLawyers.org provides a "safe zone" where deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students can gather, find resources, hold discussions with each other, and share tips on the practice or study of law. This site is organized and maintained by a group of deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students from all over the world. It is their hope that this site will grow gradually, reflecting the ever-growing family of deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students as well as the increasing amount of resources available to them.

DeafLinx. Legal settings.

DiGi, B. (2007, May 5). My Deaf Mom, the Cop and the Law.Barb DiGi is sharing the story that she learned last night about the incident between her Deaf Mom's confrontation with a cop who did not even make any effort to communicate through writing! She requested for an interpreter but was denied.

Duhaime's legal dictionary.

Federal Court Interpreter Certification Program.

Fox 25. (2006, June 20). What's an Interpreter?Lawyer is jailed for not providing an interpreter to his client.

HebrewInterpreter.com. Court interpreter bibliography.

Introduction to court interpreting in New Jersey.

Judges' guide to standards for interpreted proceedings. Judges who regularly hear interpreted matters should explore the feasibility of making tape recordings of all witness interpreting and, as a second priority, of proceedings interpreting. (Proceedings interpreting in the simultaneous mode is done quietly at counsel table or with interpreting equipment and would require special arrangements for recording.) In most courtrooms for the foreseeable future, this may not be feasible. In the alternative, however, it is strongly recommended that an audio or audio/video record be made in the following circumstances: … all capital cases, … proceedings involving interpretation by a non-certified interpreter, ... In felony proceedings involving entry of a guilty plea that are interpreted by an unqualified interpreter.

Legal issues for physicians: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Hearing Interpreters. The AMA's position on the provision of interpreters to patients "who are hearing disabled."

Maryland court interpreters.

MassLawHelp.

Mikkelson, H.

Awareness of the language of the law and the preservation of register in the training of legal translators and interpreters. A fair-minded, scholarly critique of legal terminology and phraseology; translation and interpretation of legal texts; training of translators and interpreters.

The court interpreter as guarantor of defendant rights. This paper examines the similarities and distinctions between the U.S. and European justice systems with respect to the role of the judiciary interpreter, identifies ways in which interpreters guarantee due process for criminal defendants, and concludes with some recommendations for European court interpreters on the basis of the experience of their colleagues in the United States and elsewhere.

Court interpreting at crossroads. A historical approach to interpreting throughout the world, the professionalization of the task, comparison with the development of other professions, and recommendations for the future.

Interpreting is interpreting - or is it?.

On the horns of a dilemma: Accuracy vs. brevity in the use of legal terms by court interpreters.

& Mintz, H. Orientation workshops for interpreters of all languages: How to strike a balance between the ideal world and reality. Between May 1991 and May 1993, a total of eight two-day workshops were presented at various locations in the state. The intended audience was interpreters who were working in the courts but had not passed the certification exams, either because no exam was offered in their language or because they had taken and failed the exam. The workshops were also attended, however, by aspiring interpreters who had no experience at all, and by certified interpreters who were so hungry for information that they would attend anything related to court interpreting, regardless of the level of instruction. The results of the workshops will be discussed below.

Towards a redefinition of the role of the court interpreter.

Verbatim interpretation: An oxymoron.

Mintz, D. (27 January 1997). Open letter to Lydia Pellegrin. For original letter, see Reply to Albuquerque Resolution.

Miranda vs. The State of Arizona.

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators

Home page.

Professional Code for Court Interpreters.

Team interpreting resolution.

National Center for Interpretation.

National Center for Law and Deafness.

National Center for State Courts.

National Council on Disability. (2004, December 1). Righting the ADA. Over the past two years, NCD conducted an in-depth analysis of the Supreme Court's interpretations of the ADA . NCD has determined that, while some of the Court's decisions have clearly liberated people with disabilities, e.g., Tennessee v. Lane, Martin v. PGA Tours, and Olmstead v. L.C., several of the Court's rulings involving the ADA depart from the core principles and objectives of the ADA . In the enclosed report, NCD provides an analysis of the problematic rulings, describes the resulting impact on people with disabilities, and offers legislative proposals designed to restore the ADA to its original intent.

National Institute of Justice.

National Legal Videos Association.

New York Unified Court System.

Pellegrin, L. (Spring 1997). Reply to Albuquerque Resolution.

Police Forums & Law Enforcement Forums @ Officer.com > Officers and Law Enforcement Professionals ONLY > The Squad Room > Traffic Enforcement - Deaf driver?

PRNewswire. (2005, August 4). Unlawfully detained man awarded $1.1 Million.

Professional Court Interpreters of San Diego. Court interpreting information links: Court interpreting in CA, Interpreting the Miranda, ASL legal trainings, ASL interpreter resources, Interpreter resource information (all languages).

Rodriguez, J. There's no justice for court interpreters. Entitled "No hay justicia para los intérpretes de los tribunales", but the article is in English.

R. vs. Attard.: Evidence--Hearsay--Interpreter--Statement by prisoner to police officer through interpreter--Admissibility of evidence of police officer. (England.)

R v Tran. Constitutional law -- Charter of Rights -- Right to interpreter -- Trial -- Accused's court-appointed interpreter testifying as defence witness -- Interpreter not translating testimony in full but only summarizing evidence -- Whether accused's right to assistance of an interpreter breached -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 14.

Shepard-Kegl, J., Neidle, C., & Kegl, J. (1995). Legal ramifications of an incorrect analysis of tense in ASL.

Sheprow, G. J. (10 December 1999). Interpreting for the Miranda Warnings.

State of Rhode Island 2002 -- H 7595.

State of Washington code of conduct for court interpreters.

State of Wisconsin v. George W. Hindsley. The State of Wisconsin appeals from the order of the circuit court suppressing a statement of George Hindsley on the ground that the State did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Hindsley, who is deaf, was adequately informed of his Miranda rights.

Tammy's terms. This document constitutes the terms of services agreement for provision of sign language interpreting services by Tammera J. Richards, CI and CT; NAD IV, certified sign language interpreter. Webmaster: Here is a chance to see a what a professional interpreting contract looks like.

Telecommunications Act of 1996.

The California Court Interpreters Association - Interpreter/translator related links.

Translation and accreditation in North America: An overview. Includes court interpreting.

Turner, M. (Summer 1998). Moshe Dayan used to live in Zahala. This article shows violations of neturality in an English-Hebrew court setting.

United States District Court, Southern District of New York: Interpreters office.

University of Pennsylvania Health System - Office of Legal Affairs. The attorney-client privilege.

Vidal, M. (Winter 1997) New study on fatigue confirms need for working in teams.

Warfield, J. L. (2006). Silent Voices, Preparing Deaf Children for Court. Published in the National District Attorneys Association, American Prosecutors Research Institution, National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, Vol. 19, Number 10.

Machine interpretation or transcription

Assan, M & K. Grobel. (1998). Video-based sign language recognition using Hidden Markov Models.

Assistive technology and artificial intelligence 1998.

Chapman, R. N. (1998). Lexicon for computer translation of American Sign Language.

Dragon Speaking Naturally.

Glasner, J. (2005, November 18). War-Zone Test for Babel-Fish Tool. ... researchers prepare to test a system that instantly translates spoken conversations to and from English and Iraqi Arabic. Funded by Darpa, the system would allow troops to communicate in Arabic through a laptop computer equipped with voice recognition and translation software. Troops could speak in English and have their words instantly translated into Iraqi Arabic, "spoken" by a computerized man's voice. The program also translates Arabic into English.

Grieve-Smith , A. B. English to American Sign Language machine translation of weather reports.

Grobel, K. and H. Hienz (n.d.) Video-based recognition of fingerspelling in real-time. Abstract: This paper presents a visual prototype for the recognition of 31 different letters and 7 additional handshapes used in German sign language.... Using the presented prototype a signer performs fingerspelling in front of a single video camera. The signer has to wear a coloured glove, but is nearly free in choosing the clothes. The letters are recognised with an accuracy of 93% by the system.

Gross, A. (1991). Where do translators fit into machine translation?

iCommunicator. (16 March 2006). iCommunicator is the finest communication software ever developed for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. iCommunicator promotes independent communication for persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or experience unique communication challenges by allowing effective two-way communication to occur in most natural environments. The iCommunicator translates in real-time: -Speech to Text -Speech/Text to Video Sign-Language -Speech/Text to Computer Generated Voice.

Signing at UEA. The reseach uses avatar technology to communicate in [British] sign language. The ViSiCAST Project (2000-2002) is now complete. The eSign Project (Essential Sign Language Information on Government Networks) seeks to extend that work, enabling deaf people's integration into a key component of tomorrow's information society, eGovernment.

Signing Avatar.

SignTel. Voice recognition machine interpreting.

Stewart, J. The Forest. Vcom3D and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center of Gallaudet University are researching and developing a proof-of-concept system for creating and delivering animated stories using the full range of facial expression and body language of American Sign Language, as well as manual signs. Results from this Phase I proof-of-concept will provide the basis for developing an Authoring System and run-time software for creating these animated stories. For this research, we will evaluate how the use of newly developed "Lifelike Expressive Avatars" affects the reading comprehension of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. The evaluation tool includes the following story, titled "The Forest", which was written by Jason Stewart, teacher at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School.

Tashian, C. Lost in translation. What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between 5 different languages? The authors of the Systran translation software probably never intended this application of their program. As of September 2003, translation software is almost good enough to turn grammatically correct, slang-free text from one language into grammatically incorrect, barely readable approximations in another. But the software is not equipped for 10 consecutive translations of the same piece of text. The resulting half-English, half-foreign, and totally non sequitur response bears almost no resemblance to the original. Remember the old game of "Telephone"? Something is lost, and sometimes something is gained. Try it for yourself! [Webmaster: Don't forget to check the box labelled "Include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean" for maximum confusion.]

Medical/Mental health and Deafness

AboutFeelings.com.

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services.

Advocate Illinois / Advocate Masonic Medical Center. Deaf and hard of hearing health website. HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). This website requires Flash Player 7 to view the videos and high speed internet connection.

"alternative" medicine.

Alternative Solutions Center is a Deaf-owned and operated psychotherapy and consulting practice staffed by Deaf licensed professional therapists. We specialize in work with Deaf people and their families.

AMA legal issues for physicians.

American Psychological Association - Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct.

American Sign Language cancer education.

AMITAS (American Medical Interpreters Translators Association) code of ethics for medical Interpreters and translators.

Bar-Tzur, D.

Humor and stories for interpreters: Medical interpreting.

Humor and stories for interpreters: Mental health interpreting.

Interpreting for Trans settings.

Interpreting legislation (Educational, health sciences and legal).

CAL HIPAA. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was originally forged in 1991. It became law in 1996 and includes strict, far-reaching requirements in 2002/2003 for an estimated 23 million American health care providers to insure the confidentiality and privacy of patient information. CAL HIPAA is the largest HIPAA educational resource for individual health care providers and group practices nationwide.

California Healthcare Interpreters Association.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. What are Deaf persons' HIV prevention needs?

Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization. The system is set up to facilitate group communication and collaborative efforts. The objectives for which the corporation is formed are as follows: A. to support and conduct non-partisan research, education and informational activities to increase public awareness of cerebral palsy and deaf lifestyle and their quality of life, B. to provide information and mentoring to individuals, parents, family members, professionals and communities who want to gain knowledge about the deaf people with cerebral palsy, and C. to function as an independent resource and support group for deaf people with cerebral palsy.

Certificate in Psychological Services and Deafness - Eastern Kentucky University.

Connecticut hospitals settle suit to provide Sign Language interpreters to hearing impaired patients. Department of Justice.

Cornell math and science gateway: Health and medicine.

DCARA (Deaf Counseling, Advocacy, and Referral Agency).

Deaf AIDS info.

Deaf AIDS Project

DeafDoc.org is your site for free, reliable healthcare information, both directly and indirectly, for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HOH) community. DeafDOC has separate areas for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HOH) community, Interpreters, Healthcare and Educational Providers and Institutions and others!

Deaflinx.

Health care.

Medical & mental health settings.

DeafRx. More and more US citizens are turning to Canadian and International pharmacies to purchase prescription drugs because of the discounts available for the same medications. DeafRx.com helps American citizens shop for Canadian and International prescriptions at substantial savings.

Diversity Rx: MMIA medical interpreter standards.

Dr. Michael Harvey. Dr. Harvey provides training and consultation on deafness/hearing loss, vicarious trauma and mental health issues. In addition to a private practice in Framingham, Mass., he is an adjunct faculty at Boston University and a consultant faculty at Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology, where he teaches on-line courses relating to the psychosocial aspects of hearing loss.

Frequently asked questions about medical interpreting.

Glielmi, G. and Long, B. (14 December 1999). Rape & RAD: Rape Aggression Defense Systems.

Healthcare delivery for Deaf and hard of hearing patients: Bibliography.

Healthcare delivery for Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients: Clinics and special services.

Healthopedia.com

Ears and hearing disorders.

Hearing impairment.

Hearing disorders and deafness - MEDLINEplus.

Holmes, H. The skinny on Deaf people's inner voice.

Human anatomy online.

IMIA - International Medical Interpreters Association is the oldest and largest organization of medical interpreters in the United States. Its membership of over 1,500 includes interpreters, trainers, providers, policy makers, advocates and others from not only Massachusetts, but also throughout New England, the United States and abroad.

LanguageLine. (2007, February 22). Chinese translator helps police deliver a baby! A really cool commercial for a company that help doctors, nurses, police and EMTs respond to situations involving people who don't speak English. Language Line Services has thousands of interpreters who translate into 170 languages.

Learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, and Deafness.

Levin, D. (2001, November). Interpreting for Deafblind medical settings: Surgery. There are some ideas that transfer to sighted Deaf people also.

List and glossary of medical terms.

Locating providers of mental health services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Martindale's health science guide - 2004. Anatomy & histology, anesthesiology & surgery, bioscience, brain & neuro, cardiology & pulmonary, chemistry, clinical - primary care, dental, medical law, nursing, nutrition, OB/GYN & pediatrics, ophthalmology & ENT, pathology & virology, pharmacy, public health, radiology, veterinary.

Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association.

Medical American Sign Language phrasebook.

MedicineNet.com.

Metcalf, C. (21 November 2001). Medical consent and Deafblind patients.

Mentor profiles: Lauren Scricca [Deaf], Saddleback College. Learn from student nurses that are currenlty enrolled in nursing schools. Ask questions, view videos and photos, to learn from their experiences.

National Center for Deaf Health Research. Mission: To promote health and disease prevention in the Deaf population through community-based participatory research. Goals: * Involve the ASL community. * Learn about important health issues for Deaf people and their families. * Conduct health care research with Deaf people. Long-term goals: NCDHR will set up community committees for hard-of-hearing people, late-deafened people and others who do not use ASL. NCDHR would also set up community committees for health promotion and disease prevention research for people with disabilities not related to hearing.

National Council on Interpreting in Health Care is a multidisciplinary organization based in the United States whose mission is to promote culturally competent professional health care interpreting as a means to support equal access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency.

National Deaf Academy. The founders: James Tresh, MS, LMHC, Jennifer C. Tresh, RN and Alan M. Cohen, MD, had discussions, based upon their respective observations and experiences, about the ideal venue and array of services needed to provide the highest quality of care to Deaf children, Deaf adolescents, and Deaf adults. They agreed that Deaf people deserve to have a facility designed to provide care to them alone - on an all-Deaf campus. Most mental health programs serving Deaf people are small units in hospitals providing treatment to the general public. These sights often must depend upon government grants of soft money. All three concluded that the best way to provide quality mental health care to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people would be to do acquire a "state of the art" facility and focus on creating the ideal environment in a privately owned endeavor.

NPR. Doctor's Patients Are Interpreter's Patients, Too.

Office for Civil Rights. Sample business associate contract provisions [to satisfy HIPAA requirements]. The Department provides these sample business associate contract provisions in response to numerous requests for guidance. This is only sample language. These provisions are designed to help covered entities more easily comply with the business associate contract requirements of the Privacy Rule. However, use of these sample provisions is not required for compliance with the Privacy Rule. The language may be amended to more accurately reflect business arrangements between the covered entity and the business associate.

Pediatric oncall: Hearing impairment in children.

PEPNet Resource Center

Links - Health.

Links - Mental health.

PAH, MD - Promoting awareness in health care medical and Deaf.

Potter, F., (Program coordinator), with Martindale, J. (Consultant).

Science gems - Life science 1: Measurement, cell biology, heredity, molecular genetics, evolution, ecology.

Science gems - Life science 2: Viruses, bacteria, plants, animals, human anatomy.

Preis, D. (14 December 2001). Interpreting an annual eye exam.

Project Orange Neptune. There is no evidence to suggest that there is any greater occurrence of mental illness in the Deaf population. But, poor diagnosis, miscommunication and misguided treatment programmes have resulted in the gross over-representation of Deaf people in mental hospitals.

Rafferty, M. An interpreters perspective [on Re-evaluation Counseling]. Issues needing to be addressed include: RCers taking a stand against deaf oppression; allies cleaning up old feelings about language, access, learning, money, and feeling excluded; setting up fair guidelines for interpreters around pay and hours worked; and "recruiting" interpreters into RC.

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Interpreting in mental health settings.

Residential programs for deaf/emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.

Scientific visualization sites - Medical imaging. Helpful to the visualization of interpreters working on this topic.

Suggested readings related to behavioral disabilities in students who are Deaf.

The CATIE Center at the College of St. Catherine is pleased to present this website that is designed to provide a comprehensive guide to resources for ASL-English interpreters working in medical settings. Please help us by suggesting resources and links to be included and join in the discussion about what makes for effective interpreting in medical settings.

The Center for Disease Control.

The College of St. Catherine. Medical interpreting.

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program.

The Deaf Wellness Center (DWC) is a program of the Department of Psychiatry at Strong Memorial Hospital (Strong Behavioral Health) [in Rochester, NY]. The DWC provides counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals of any age, couples, and families. We also provide psychological testing and other evaluation services as well as consultation services to courts, governments, etc., on topics related to deafness, mental health, and healthcare. Several psychotherapy groups are also conducted at the DWC. Our psychotherapy groups are all-deaf and are conducted in sign language by our sign-fluent therapists. While most of our clients are deaf and use sign language, some are hard-of-hearing, oral deaf, or hearing people with family members.

The Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies. Deaf and hard of hearing substance abusers, part 1: The population and the problem.

The Listen-Up Web. Medical resources.

The Minnesota Chemical Dependency Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals.

The National Association of School Nurses for the Deaf is an association open to School Nurses currently working with Deaf students across the nation.

University of Miami School of Medicine. Privacy/Data Protection Project.

US Department of Health and Human Services.

Fact sheet: Protecting the privacy of patients' health information.

Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was originally forged in 1991. It became law in 1996 and includes strict, far-reaching requirements in 2002/2003 for an estimated 23 million American health care providers to insure the confidentiality and privacy of patient information.

U.S. National Library of Medecine - Home page.

Woodcock, K. (1998). The real issue of health care interpreting: Informed consent.

Multicultural interpreting

See Interpreting for culturally diverse settings - web sites.

Notational systems (written and visual representations of Sign Languages).

American Sign Language synthesizer project.

Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting®.

(9 March 2006).Deaf perspectives on SignWriting video 1: How Deaf opinions changed. Deaf signers, native to American Sign Language (ASL), give their opinions on SignWriting, including Lucinda O'Grady Batch, Bonita Ewan, Kathleen Say and Denny Voreck. In the early 1990's, the Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting met in the evenings, in Valerie Sutton's home, in La Jolla, California, to discuss how to write signs and create documents and dictionaries in American Sign Language. This casual video was shot during one of those meetings. The video finishes with Valerie telling about her early days writing Danish Sign Language in Copenhagen.

(9 March 2006).Deaf perspectives on SignWriting video 2: How SignWriting changed. A synopsis of how SignWriting changed and improved, as more Deaf people began to write their language. Native signers skilled in SignWriting discuss how they used the system in the 1980's and early 1990's. This 30 minute video features George 'Butch' Zein, Lucinda O'Grady Batch, Kevin Clark, Denny Voreck, and Valerie Sutton, with guest appearances by Deaf actor Bernard Bragg, and a special visitor from Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz Al-Obaid, who discusses recording Saudi Arabian Sign Language. In American Sign Language, with English voice and captions.

HamNoSys (Hamburg Sign Language Notation System).

HamNoSys: Samples of sentences from Goldilocks.

Hanke, T. & Prillwitz, S. (1995). syncWRITER - Integrating Video into the Transcription and Analysis of Sign Language.

Hejmpagxo de Miaja. In English.

International Council on Kinetography Laban/Labanotation.

Introduction to Labanotation.

Kennaway, R. (18-20 April 2001). Synthetic animation of Deaf Signing gestures (Abstract).

MacLaughlin, D., Neidle, C., & Greenfield, D. (1999). SignStream? user's guide, version 1.5.

Mandel, M. A. (23 March 1993). ASCII-Stokoe notation: A computer-writeable transliteration system for Stokoe Notation of American Sign Language.

Martin, J. A linguistic comparison of two notation systems for signed languages: Stokoe notation & Sutton SignWriting.

Neidle, C., MacLaughlin, D., Bahan, B., Lee, R.G., & Kegl, J. (1997). The SignStream? Project.

Peterson, D. J. SLIPA: An IPA for signed languages.

Rosenberg, A. (1995). Writing signed languages: In support of adopting an ASL writing system.

Shawns' Labanotation Links - tango.

SignBank.org.

SignPhon.

SignStream™ is a database tool for analysis of linguistic data captured on video. Although SignStream is being designed specifically for working with data from American Sign Language, the tool may be applied to any kind of language data captured on video. In particular, SignStream would be suited to the study of other signed languages as well as to studies that include the gestural component of spoken languages.

Stokoe Notation: Samples of sentences from Goldilocks.

Stokoe Tempo Font.

Sutton SignWriting.

syncWRITER.

ViSiCAST at UEA.

Vsign.

Religious/spiritual interpreting

Bar-Tzur, D.

Christianity.

Islam.

Jewish culture and religion.

Non-monotheistic religions, click on the specific religion within Resources for religious/ spiritual interpreting.

Songs and ritual texts: Table of contents.

Simultaneous interpreting

Consecutive vs. simultaneous interpreting.

Interpreter training resources: Simultaneous interpreting.

Introduction to the simultaneous interpretation Chapter (from The Interpreter's Edge, Generic Edition).

Lantra-L. How to break into simultaneous interpreting. Discussion among spoken language interpreters about self-training, what does the interpreter's booth consist of?, tips on the interpreting process, and conferring with a speaker before the event.

Niska, H. (1999). Text linguistic models for the study of simultaneous Interpreting.

Tips for beginners - Simultaneous. This is meant for conference interpreters, but there is lots of good advice for stage fright, as we experience with platform interpreting.

Wande, E. (1997). Text linguistics, translation theory and interpreting. Models for the study of simultaneous interpreting of LSP discourse.

Team interpreting

Bar-Tur, D. Team interpreting. This article also has a list of resources at the end.

Tri-lingual interpreting (English/Spanish/ASL)

Bryant, A.

New BEI Testing System to begin in 2006. Scroll down to "Texas Trilingual Initiative". DHHS and the University of Arizona partnered to get a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education develop the nation's first Hispanic trilingual interpreter certification tests.

The BEI - A time of transition. Scroll down to bottom to see the result of English and Spanish proficiency testing.

Mano a Mano - Hispanic-Deaf and Trilingual Interpreting.

San Antonio College - Department Course Syllabus - Trilingual Interpretingt II.

Video interpreting

Baker, D. S. (December 2000). Video relay interpreting: New services for the Deaf fulfill the promise of H.323 conferencing as assistive technology.

CSD Video Relay Service.

Coco, D & V. Darden. (2005, July/August). VRS around the world. Views, 22, 7. pp. 19-20. Most U.S. deaf consumers and interpreters are astonished to learn that Sweden, which has roughly the population of New Jersey, is the original international trailblazer in VRS development. Even though the U.S. has a larger number of VRS users and generates more VRS minutes, Sweden has an innovative and well establisehd VRS ststem with many features not yet found in the U.S. [Webmaster: Other countries are discussed.]

FCC rulings for VRS.

GoAmerica. Historic calls for the Deaf community.

Hands On video relay service.

Hot Topic: Sponsorship within Deaf Community.In this 2 minute ASL vlog, you will see several NEW clips of Deaf ladies making a tough tackle, an incredible interception and a sensational touchdown. In today's commentary, Jasmine Garcia makes a point about Hawk Relay sponsoring typically overlooked groups such as deaf women, deafblind, and unique sports such as cycling. Hawk Relay doesn't care about making a profit or gaining recognition off popular men's teams like other companies. Hawk Relay cares about giving back to the community -- instead of promoting company image and making money. Hawk Relay sets an excellent example of a positive company and community relationship, and we hope other companies will learn from Hawk Relay and do the same -- give support to those who need it the most!

Sprint Video Relay Service.

Timm, D. (12 December 2000). Telephone interpreting. American Sign Language Interpreting Resources, 18 November 2003.

Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals.

TRS rules.

Vocabulary building (English and ASL)

Bar-Tzur, D. Professional development: Do-it-yourself - vocabulary building. An extensive list of resources to build your vocabulary in English as well as ASL.

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