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Don't know but our school district (Guilderland Central School District) has an opening for a Computer & Network Technician. I know *I* certainly wouldn't have a problem with a Deaf co-worker (I'm also a computer Tech at GCS). Additionally, the district is the main district in the Capital...

Yes, and they even conduct interviews with potential students if they're coming from another ASL program. Unfortunately, I'm not so convinced that the interview process at NTID is entirely unbiased. I had ASL 5 from College of St Rose in Albany, NY and went to the interview. The interviewer...

No wedding song, just bagpipes! http://celticclans.oakandacorn.com/wedding.html Got pipes? Loud pipes save lives! Got Haggis?

Is there a new sign for radio? It just occurred to me that the one I know mimics a Marconi/Tesla style radio where the operator is slowly turning the tuning dial and holding a headset close to his ear.

Exactly. "Edison, victrola, turn table, LP, record player, CD Player, Ipod". Although the oldest of these terms may not be used anymore the others are still in use by English/American speakers. ASL is not any different from any other language. Older terms still exist at the same time as the...

Interpretrator - You're right on the money. I agree the interpreter shouldn't have known technical terms because my questions really were more detailed than the class normally would have been. Also, good examples for letting the terp know that my questions would be ranging outside the scope...

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Well, the time this situation arose was in my "Implications of Deafness" class. A Deaf teacher was talking about TTY's and other technology (he had a technological background in this area too). Interested in learning how to get a modem to talk to a TTY I waited til after class and with the...

I was thinking specifically about specialized words that are homonyms for non-technical stuff. "Byte" and "bite" come to mind right away. But even if I'm talking about something like "baud", while the deaf person might not be writing that word, if it doesn't get fingerspelled correctly how...

Is it considered ok or rude to spell out (verbally) specialized terminology the interpreter may not readily know the spelling for, so they can correctly fingerspell it? (Same with a relay operator?)

Yup, MOST people did have cows (OR lived near those who did). During the time period in discussion (1880's) 3/4's of this county's population was agrarian. Yes, I sure did. (Good catch) I did that on purpose to highlight the point that these issues STILL exist in today's society...

Statistics are very interesting, but times are different too. But most people didn't BUY butter, they made it at home for FREE. According to the Center for Disease Control statistics nearly a million workers STILL ARE being killed or disabled on the job. Even now when there is NO...

You know I've always wondered what the bible would be like if it were written today. The current edition translated things into how they perceived them not as the original text probably meant them. For instance "king" and "kingdoms" are largely middle age concepts because that's when it was...

I see some people are recommending UU churches. While they do incorporate many Pagan rituals they aren't really a coven, like what you asked about. If you're not already aware, WitchVox http://www.witchvox.com has a national and world wide directory for locating Covens/Groves/Cricles near...

SxyPorkie - That's fantastic! Those cops certainly had their head on straight to find another cop who could sign, and have him waiting for you at the ER! I'm sorry to say I don't think the cops, Fire Dept, or most EMT's in our area would have had a clue to get an interpreter, let alone know...

That's just increadably wierd! There's also a yahoo-group of people who kinda take that to another level; they want to become deaf. I can't find it right now, but I lurked for a while to see what was up, and they actually suggest ways to destroy their hearing so they can "legitimately" fit...

The crafts that my wife and I do are much more "old world" and traditional. We do: Blacksmithing Silversmithing Glazing (Stainglass) Lampwork beadmaking and some Stone Carving Wood Turning Pottery Gobae - The Smith Oak & Acorn Ancient Metalcrafts Ancient Celtic Clans Re-enactment

It's about time someone had a Sign Language class for Emergency Professionals. I was an EMT and that was one of the main reasons I started learning Sign Language. However, your typical ASL class doesn't often include signs/phrases for "Blood Pressure", "Where does it hurt?", "Are you...

It depends on the context. In a pyschological context CODA stands for "CO-Dependants Anonymous" and is a support group for this dysfunction. It's very unlikely that meaning would be used here though :)

From what I've seen of the replies on topics like this, that statement pretty much sums it up. audstudent - You could probably get your answers by doing a forum search on "audiologist" & "dislike" or "hate"?