Workshop Number Two

On Friday evening, I am facilitating the first of what I hope to be many workshops/professional discussions of the issues facing Disabled interpreters. I’ll be honest: the real point is to have a discussion about Disability Paradigms 101 for the non-disabled, and less about the “issues” that the Disabled interpreter has to “face.” Those of us that are, in fact, Disabled interpreters have (at least every one that I have met has) already worked out the issues for ourselves. The same way we have worked out the issues in the grocery stores, sidewalks, office buildings, schools, buses, you name it. When these experiences aren't successful, it's normally not because of us. We are nothing if not resourceful.

I write it out as a speech just to order my thoughts, it will not be read and may not get delivered in anything even remotely resembling this….( Read more... )

And then comes the real part, the discussion... This is the part that you gotta attend to get, and this is where all the good stuff will happen.

Wanna attend? Visit: The Language Door's website and click on "Educational Opportunities."