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marcyp06 said:
So, I'm confused... you want to use ASL daily but don't want to interperet? What about working as a terp in a school? Its a little less intimdating than being a terp in a medical or legal field... may I ask where your intrest in ASL/Deaf culture stems from?
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Ive always wanted to be in the medical field.
I have always thought ASL was a beautiful language, and wanted to learn it.
As long as I live in a city with a Deaf Community, Im sure I would use ASL daily. I didnt want to be the person that sits between 2 people and talks back and forth. I just want to be a person included in the convo, to help a person with a daily activity. I guess its hard to explain--or maybe I just dont know enough.
 
Reba said:
I've never heard of a medical facility for just deaf people. Do you know of such a place?

Other than deaf schools, I don't know of any work places that need full-time hearing signing staff people who aren't interpreters. If you were a counselor you might be able to work in VR with deaf clients. That would take more than a two-year degree though.
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Maybe there isn't such a place. I just want to be a receptionist, maybe in an ER, or hospital setting.
When I was a cashier and I had a deaf person come through my line, I felt bad because I couldnt talk to them. I dont want to have that barrier anymore. I would like to work with Deaf people on a daily basis.
I guess I could be an interpretor.
 
hellos245 said:
Ive always wanted to be in the medical field.
I have always thought ASL was a beautiful language, and wanted to learn it.
As long as I live in a city with a Deaf Community, Im sure I would use ASL daily. I didnt want to be the person that sits between 2 people and talks back and forth. I just want to be a person included in the convo, to help a person with a daily activity. I guess its hard to explain--or maybe I just dont know enough.
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Move to DC and work near Gallaudet, you would have daily interaction for sure there. Look into job shadowing an interpereter at an elementary school. If you like kids and want to use ASL daily its a wonderful position. Or see if you can get a job at a deaf school.
 
marcyp06 said:
Move to DC and work near Gallaudet, you would have daily interaction for sure there. Look into job shadowing an interpereter at an elementary school. If you like kids and want to use ASL daily its a wonderful position. Or see if you can get a job at a deaf school.
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Kids arent my thing. Just want to be in the medical field. So I need to be an interpretor to be in the medical field?
Any other positions that I could use ASL daily in?
 
hellos245 said:
Kids arent my thing. Just want to be in the medical field. So I need to be an interpretor to be in the medical field?
Any other positions that I could use ASL daily in?
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If youre in an area with a high deaf population there is a chance you will use your ASL skills at least on a weekly basis. But keep in mind most Deaf people go into places planning to deal with hearing people so you may not even have the time to step in before things are taken care of. If you dont want to be an interpreter and you dont want to spend more than a couple years in school then it might be wise to re-asses your goals. There are many things you could do in which ASL would be an asset, but most of the require schooling.
"The Deaf Studies pathway is designed to prepare students for continued studies or employment in education, human/social services, linguistics, medicine, jurisprudence, religion, anthropology, and sociology. Further, students are given background that helps to prepare them to enter jobs in vocational rehabilitation, early childhood education, and social and mental health agencies working with individuals who are deaf." -From Seattle Central's Website

We have deaf coffee at Starbucks here once a month and there are 2 hearing baristas that know ASL and always make sure to work that night every month. Thats one way to get an ASL "fix".

Heres a website that may help you find more information on where you are headed occupation-wise: Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
 
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