British Sign Language in the US?

[asason]

I'm getting married in the summer in NY and my profoundly deaf mum will be coming over from the UK for the wedding. I'm looking for an interpreter who knows BSL (British Sign Language) to help her for the day. She knows a little ASL as she teaches a lot of immigrants to the UK, but she won't be able to go the whole day on it. Looking at older posts here it seems this skill is not easily found in the US.

Could anyone recommend good places to look? I'm completely lost in the US deaf community and google hasn't really helped out so far. Cheers.

 

[Frisky Feline]

which part of NY are you in? so i ll do my best to find some information about the agency in NY.

 

[asason]

The wedding is in Washingtonville, Orange County. It's about an hour from NYC. Thanks for looking into it.

 

[Frisky Feline]

Mm i see that you live about almost one hour away from new paltz ny. Its difficult to find one. BUT all i can think of contacting this one and ask if they know anything more about the interpreter agenecy. They should have some social networking sites.

State University of New York at New Paltz: Undergraduate Catalog - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Deaf Studies Minor


I am sorry. If i have time tonight then i ll try to check more about it.

 

[asason]

Thanks, Frisky. That does help. For some reason I had not really thought about keeping my search regional. I suppose that's what comes from being raised on a small island

I just spoke to someone at SignTalk.org and they have some BSL interpreters on their books, so that's a good start. I will enquire at a few more NY agencies and see what comes up.

Thanks again!

 

[Frisky Feline]

No problem. Hope you will find something to start with. If you find one, and let us know. thanks. My sister lives in new paltz there. I love this tiny town! I have not seen washingtonville before. I m curious about this town. ha

 

[Reba]

Have you tried this?

RID - Hiring an Interpreter

Also, don't limit your search to NY state. Search New England states, too.

http://www.rid.org/member_center/chapters/index.cfm/AID/79

 

[DeafBadger]

You might want to contact RIT/NTID to see if they know of BSL interpreters in the area. That university trains a lot of interpreters. Other than that, I don't know what to suggest, but I don't live in NY, so I wouldn't know too much anyway. Good luck finding a BSL interpreter. I imagine that, in NY, of all places, there might be one.

 

[Reba]

This company claims to provide BSL terps worldwide:

British Sign Language Interpreters BSL Translation Services

 

[Frisky Feline]

You might want to contact RIT/NTID to see if they know of BSL interpreters in the area. That university trains a lot of interpreters. Other than that, I don't know what to suggest, but I don't live in NY, so I wouldn't know too much anyway. Good luck finding a BSL interpreter. I imagine that, in NY, of all places, there might be one.

that is a good idea to contact Rochester to see if they know anything about washingtonville. yeah That is pretty far from rochester to washingtonville.