A United Parcel Service of America Inc. unit may have unlawfully discriminated against a deaf worker by failing to provide American Sign ... [...] more »

Stephanie Boat uses sign language as interchangeably as most bilingual Americans switch spoken languages. A junior at Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technology of the Deaf, and pursuing a BS In American Sign Language & Interpreting, Stephanie lives in dorm with deaf students and interprets as part of her college studies. [...] more »

Last July 26, 2010, as the whole country prepared to witness history unfold as President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address, educators and veteran interpreters from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), MCCID Institute of Technology, Philippine Deaf Resource Center, and the Philippine School for the Deaf together with Deaf leaders of the Philippine Federation for the Deaf (PFD) were making history as well by working together to make the first inset-interpreting of the SONA possible. [...] more »

THE Premier’s Office has just launched a forum of Sign Language interpreters that Deaf people can call on for help with things that hearing people take for granted – job interviews, doctors’ appointments, business with the bank. Appearing in court, making a will. (Yes, nasty shock that there is no such body, isn’t it?) [...] more »

Muslim Deaf UK has teamed up with Doha Mosque in Bradford to offer the services of BSL (British Sign Language) interpreters at Friday prayers. ... [...] more »

FLINT — A deaf woman who struggled for two weeks to communicate with doctors and nurses as she underwent tests and was diagnosed with kidney cancer now is ... [...] more »

If you were deaf and hospitalized, chances are you wouldn't have had a sign-language interpreter. [...] more »

The Bligh Government is delivering an extra $300000 to strengthen interpreting and translating services for Queensland's deaf and multicultural communities. ... [...] more »

What music does a deaf Glastonbury-goer listen to? You could find the answer at the Deaf Zone, founded by self-styled "deaf hippy" Paddy Ladd, who provides translators to sign from designated locations on site. The 40 to 50 deaf people who made it this year were asked who they wanted translated. [...] more »

I almost never come across news stories about certified deaf interpreters, or deaf people planning to become certified deaf interpreters. Today I came across this one about a deaf man who just completed an interpreter preparation program. [...] more »

Seven hearing-impaired emergency room patients are suing Baptist Health Systems for allegedly failing to provide qualified sign language interpreters. [...] more »

A deaf couple has filed complaints with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, claiming Derby police should have provided them with a sign language interpreter after they got into a car accident last year. Wendell Hunte of 10 Boston Ave., Bridgeport, and Emori Tompkins of 57 Smith St., Derby, each filed a complaint against the city, the Police Department and police commission, claiming police violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law. [...] more »

How hard are things for deaf and hard of hearing people in Kenya? Try this: The Standard reports that Kenya has just seven judicial interpreters to cover ... [...] more »

A UNIVERSITY centre that has played a "trailblazing role" in deaf studies could be forced to close its degree course amid money-saving cuts. Staff and students from the University of Bristol turned out in force yesterday to protest against the potential closure of the BSc Deaf Studies degree programme, something they allege would cause a critical shortage of sign language interpreters. [...] more »

In a city that is home to two nationally known schools for the deaf and a slew of world-class hospitals, the inability to provide a sign language interpreter is unforgivable. It also may be illegal. A federal lawsuit filed Monday claims that by failing to provide interpreters to 13 people, including Ms. Comas, who are both deaf and mentally ill -- and more than 1,100 others like them who are not plaintiffs in the suit -- Missouri violated federal law. ... [...] more »