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I'm taking an advanced organic chemistry class and the college is providing an interpreter.
Awesome.
But, this is such a technical subject that even if I get an interpreter who knows the signs, I'm afraid I won't.

The college can arrange for remote captioning but the thing about remote captioning is that you never know who you are going to get so you can't provide them with vocab ahead of time AND the prof has a very strong accent.

So PLEASE let me know of any books or websites with very technical signs.

Thanks Buddies!
 
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Websters-American-Language-Medical-Dictionary/dp/0375709274]Amazon.com: Random House Webster's American Sign Language Medical Dictionary (9780375709272): Elaine Costello, Linda C. Tom, Lois A. Lehman: Books[/ame]

check out others by Elaine Costello
 
Nan_Mathews said:
Amazon.com: Random House Webster's American Sign Language Medical Dictionary (9780375709272): Elaine Costello, Linda C. Tom, Lois A. Lehman: Books

check out others by Elaine Costello
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Forget Costello!

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This is the definitive ASL dictionary writer!

deafresources:American Sign Language Dictionary (Sternberg), Sign Language Dictionaries
 
As good as that dictionary is, it is still not the "Bible" of ASL. Great if you want to compare it to the Oxford dictionary, however if you are talking about signs that are specific to a certain field, then you would need more than just one or two dictionaries.
 
souggy said:
As good as that dictionary is, it is still not the "Bible" of ASL. Great if you want to compare it to the Oxford dictionary, however if you are talking about signs that are specific to a certain field, then you would need more than just one or two dictionaries.
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I am only talking about Costello vs Sternberg. Very specifically.
 
Nan_Mathews said:
I had not seen that one - thanks!
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Are you talking to me? Go Sternberg!!!
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If you rely on Costello and I convince you to buy a Sternberg dictionary, you will be so amazed by the better illustration, description, cross reference,, etc.......
 
I have it on my wish list now Ms. Bots. I use a certain website to order books, I put in the title and what I want to pay, when it shows up I am notified. Again, thanks!

I do like some of the online refs that were posted above. New to me!
 
Nan_Mathews said:
I have it on my wish list now Ms. Bots. I use a certain website to order books, I put in the title and what I want to pay, when it shows up I am notified. Again, thanks!
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Could you share what website this is?
Thanks!
 
I think the OP means that he needs technical science signs to be able to understand what the professor said in the science lab. This must be his major in science courses. Sometimes you only have to sign in fingerspelling or make up the sign that is not found in ASL books for your classes. I know what you (OP) talking about. I understand your situation. I don't have any idea about the science technical signs in any kind of books. Maybe you will have to ask your special education college counselor if there is a technical signs somewhere on campus and she will probably give you some ideas where to look for the right signs book for difficult words in college. I hope you will find it. :thumb:
 
After 1 week of class those sites have been really useful.
I also requested an InterLibrary Loan for "Signs for science and mathematics".

Yesterday my interpreter didn't show up. Not cool.

I'm making my own Organic Chemistry dictionary. Eventually I might put it online.
 
ecp said:
After 1 week of class those sites have been really useful.
I also requested an InterLibrary Loan for "Signs for science and mathematics".

Yesterday my interpreter didn't show up. Not cool.

I'm making my own Organic Chemistry dictionary. Eventually I might put it online.
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Oh, no! Why didn't the terp show up?
 
ecp said:
Well, I did a few days worth of research and found the following sites with scientific/technical signs:

MSSE | IdeaTools
DEAF STEM Technical Terms: Terms Home
Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary - A
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Abilities Home
COMETS: Welcome
Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2)
:: Science/Mathematics Sign Lexicon ::

I hope this will help other people.
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FREAKIN'...

I could had used most of them when I was required to take a bunch of hard sciences last year.

* grumbles *

Thank you so much though... bookmarking for when I go back to school next year.
 
Reba said:
Oh, no! Why didn't the terp show up?
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The interpreter was "sick". She didn't show up for this Thursday's class either but we were doing group work and I was the only one in my group who knew how to do the problems, so I just taught my group members. (I tutor science for all levels so teaching isn't a problem for me).
I just grabbed a molecular model kit, made the molecules and we finished before everybody else.

I'm getting a new interpreter for the lecture b/c the contract company kept not showing up.

I think I confuse my professors and interpreters because my receptive sign skills are really good but my expressive skills aren't that great and I speak "really well" (a term that annoys me). And one on one, I hear really well (comparatively) but in the real world I'm functionally deaf. But I can't understand my foreign professor in quiet...hopefully the rest of the semester will go well.

My professor didn't mind that I left class when the interpreter didn't show up. I sent an email because I felt bad for leaving but the prof completely understood.
 
When I was in grad school, I asked for interpreters who also have MS/MA degrees so they knew what I was going through. The American Chemical Society and the American Physics Society have section for members with disabilities. AAAS, NSF and NRC/NAS/NAP have books relating to disabilities.

IIRC, SLA (now purple communications but many terps are leaving for Sorenson) have a few interpreters with MS like biology. You can try them via video relay interpreting.

Is the DSS office familiar with the deaf??? Since 90% of college students with disabilities are LD, ADHD, etc, very few are familiar with deaf issues.


ecp said:
The interpreter was "sick". She didn't show up for this Thursday's class either but we were doing group work and I was the only one in my group who knew how to do the problems, so I just taught my group members. (I tutor science for all levels so teaching isn't a problem for me).
I just grabbed a molecular model kit, made the molecules and we finished before everybody else.

I'm getting a new interpreter for the lecture b/c the contract company kept not showing up.

I think I confuse my professors and interpreters because my receptive sign skills are really good but my expressive skills aren't that great and I speak "really well" (a term that annoys me). And one on one, I hear really well (comparatively) but in the real world I'm functionally deaf. But I can't understand my foreign professor in quiet...hopefully the rest of the semester will go well.

My professor didn't mind that I left class when the interpreter didn't show up. I sent an email because I felt bad for leaving but the prof completely understood.
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