Posted on Sep 19, 2007 - 03:19 PM

During the 2007 RID Conference in San Francisco, the Hatrak Sisters presented a workshop called, “Eek! I’m Voicing for a Deaf Presenter!” The Hatrak Sisters include three Deaf leaders who present frequently and a hearing sister who is an OHCODA (the only hearing child of deaf adults) and a working sign language interpreter.  Through the years at family gatherings, the discussion has always turned to the topic of “interpreters and the working Deaf professional” along with other interpreting/Deaf issues.  This workshop was developed as a result of those discussions.

For the workshop, they did a brief survey of two groups: interpreters and deaf professionals who do presentations.  As much as the Hatrak Sisters thought they knew “the results,” the comments were somewhat startling.  The survey results can be found on our blog.

September 2007

• 2007 RID Conference