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Old 02-26-2008, 09:38 PM   #20 (permalink)
jillio
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Originally Posted by deafbajagal View Post
I'm a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) - I noticed you said "aid to Deaf and Hoh"...Uh oh! That's treading on being pathological - why isn't it being an aide to hearing people as well since they are the ones who need the interpreters, too

Interpreters aren't there to "help" - they're there to bridge two people or groups of people between at least two different languages or two different communication modes... keep that in mind .
Very valid points, deafbajagal.
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