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Originally Posted by EyesBlueDeaf
may be passable for hearing people but not Deaf people. I strongly feel that RID is 'oppressing' Deaf people from becoming Certified Deaf Interpreters... basically I feel that they feel threatened by us.
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Is that you PLT? I remember you from the DO event a year or more ago.
I don't think RID is threatened by CDIs at all. For one thing, they wouldn't offer the certification if they didn't want CDIs. Also, CDIs are very much in demand, we need more of them! So I don't think they are rejecting people on that basis either. The job of a CDI is very different from the job of a hearing interpreter, so I don't think there is a threat on that level.
However, I do get your point about the man being difficult to understand. You're right, the old CI/CT test had tapes you could watch where you could see each person signing and pick someone you were most comfortable with. However, that was not the case for the written test. There simply was no ASL version of the old written test. I believe there isn't one for the NIC either but I'm not sure. I think RID should have accepted your appeal based on not understanding one of the questioners, and at least reconsidered your case.