Sign Language Interpreters – ASL Interpreters

On September 11, 2019, the California State Senate voted to pass gig-worker bill AB5 without an exemption for translators and interpreters. Final vote was 26 to 11 and AB5 has now been signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The bill kicks in January 1, 2020. AB5 or “Worker status: employees and independent contractors,” clarifies the definition of […]

    As an agency, we often get requests from those who believe sign language interpreters probably picked up an extra class at a community college, or maybe they have a deaf relative, or thought they were mostly “volunteers”. We really should have a perfect response recorded so we can just hit the play button. […]

As an agency, we’re noticing a change in some of the job requests we receive, and we find it concerning. Sign language interpreters are hired for countless environments. Medical Legal Events TV and Movie sets Corporate Meetings Weddings Funerals It’s impossible to list them all. However, one area where interpreters are often needed is in […]

  STEM = Science , Technology, Engineering, Math STEM camp caters to deaf, hard of hearing students  (Georgia Center For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing) Such a great idea! Across the Atlanta metro area, science, technology, engineering and math camps for the elementary through high set have become a summer staple, with high schools, […]

Wow…she sure likes to read a lot! One of my early thoughts while having holiday dinners with my hearing family and one deaf sister. I give myself a break now. I was only about 7 or 8 years old and it had just become normal to see my sister get up from the table and […]

While watching Nyle DiMarco win ‘America’s Next Top Model’ and then go on to win ‘Dancing With the Stars’  (good grief!), I started wondering how many “firsts” from the Deaf Community I may not have read about. So I did some Googling and found some interesting stories. This one is about Dr. Pachciarz, the first Deaf person […]

Just think…..you could go to the mall and drink coffee and meet friends for lunch and take naps in the afternoon ALL while other people are working for you! So how hard could it be? Ahhhhh……sit back and relax while we reminisce over the past 4 hours….. The following names have been changed to protect…….well…….us. […]

U.S. News and World Report recently asked this question. What is it really like to work as a Sign Language Interpreter? What does it take to succeed? What are the work prospects for the future? Sign-language interpreters rely on a set of quick hands to relay a speaker’s words to a hearing-impaired audience. “To be […]

  Remember the movie “The Miracle Worker”? I always thought it was about Helen Keller. But guess what?  It’s really about her teacher Anne Sullivan. Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about Helen Keller and her incredible story. But what about Anne? April 14, 1866…….almost 150 years ago, Anne was born in Feeding Hills, […]

  Recently, an Amarillo school district has stirred up some controversy regarding the sign language system  taught to deaf students in their district. The district is not teaching ASL, but instead is teaching the Morphemic Sign System (MSS).  This system is only used in Amarillo and has many in the Deaf community ‘up in arms’ […]