EDLD 5326: "My goals for partnership community to advocate the Deaf and Hard of Hearing" Federico Quintana

My campus is a public high school with a day school program for deaf students; there are numerous challenges in deaf education The non-deaf student population at our campus is just over 1,000, while there are 40 deaf students. Most of the deaf students have tested lowest in all subject core areas, although this has had little impact on the status of the AEIS report because it is such a small subgroup.

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How to interview a Deaf person

This blog will give you some tips on the how to interview a Deaf person and ensure that the appointment goes as smoothly as possible. There is further information at the end so you can read about Access to Work, which is funding available from the government to help pay for communication support...

More at http://terptree.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-interview-deaf-person.html

Why I don’t tell people I’m a sign language interpreter

Instead of telling them I’m a sign language interpreter, I like to screw with people’s heads. I love to see whether they react differently to “interpreter” as opposed to “sign language interpreter” or “interpreter for the Deaf.” When I tell people I’m an interpreter, they inevitable ask what language.

More at http://terptrans.com/2012/03/11/why-i-dont-tell-people-im-a-sign-language-interpreter/