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I'll be away, going to Moab for a bit.

While I am gone, I'd like some help.

I'd like people who have had experiences with CDI send me a message on their experience and how it can be improved.

Thanks.
 
CDI = Certified Deaf Interpreter?
 
Moab in Utah, wonderful!

I've been in Moab, hiking with Kuijfe75 and loved the fantastic scenery. Oh so relaxing and want to go back there too as well. Drink lots of water! Bring salty snacks to replenish your thirst as well. Use good running shoes for hiking.

CDI is the Certified Deaf Interpreter and I love the CDIs, they are a great help for me! I use DIs and CDIs as well.

The CDIs mirrors the interpreter and they use the proper classifers, topiculization, paraphrasing and they are professional as well. They are certified ASL as well.

I prefer Deaf Interpreters [DIs] than hearing interpreters when I travel because it is an issue of preference and comfort. I notice with DIs, I get everything than I get with the interpreter. DIs facilitate me much better.

Hope this helps and enjoy Moab!!
 
Mrs Bucket said:
Moab in Utah, wonderful!

I've been in Moab, hiking with Kuijfe75 and loved the fantastic scenery. Oh so relaxing and want to go back there too as well. Drink lots of water! Bring salty snacks to replenish your thirst as well. Use good running shoes for hiking.

CDI is the Certified Deaf Interpreter and I love the CDIs, they are a great help for me! I use DIs and CDIs as well.

The CDIs mirrors the interpreter and they use the proper classifers, topiculization, paraphrasing and they are professional as well. They are certified ASL as well.

I prefer Deaf Interpreters [DIs] than hearing interpreters when I travel because it is an issue of preference and comfort. I notice with DIs, I get everything than I get with the interpreter. DIs facilitate me much better.

Hope this helps and enjoy Moab!!
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Thanks for the explaination. :)
 
Mrs Bucket said:
Moab in Utah, wonderful!

I've been in Moab, hiking with Kuijfe75 and loved the fantastic scenery. Oh so relaxing and want to go back there too as well. Drink lots of water! Bring salty snacks to replenish your thirst as well. Use good running shoes for hiking.

CDI is the Certified Deaf Interpreter and I love the CDIs, they are a great help for me! I use DIs and CDIs as well.

The CDIs mirrors the interpreter and they use the proper classifers, topiculization, paraphrasing and they are professional as well. They are certified ASL as well.

I prefer Deaf Interpreters [DIs] than hearing interpreters when I travel because it is an issue of preference and comfort. I notice with DIs, I get everything than I get with the interpreter. DIs facilitate me much better.

Hope this helps and enjoy Moab!!
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Hi Mrs Bucket - just a curious question here, relying to DI better than the CDI or interpreters, what kind of 'facilities' and why are they better? (be more specific in an example, if you don't mind)
 
CDIs must be certified with an agency and are used for official business like courts, government agencies as well as doctor offices.

DIs are ASL screened on a regular basis and they are just the same as CDIs. DIs are more for the relaxed scene like classrooms, social scenes and so on.

CDIs dress very professional, DIs do dress professional and they are encouraged to dress casual so they are comfortable during social scenes.

I have a DI in my classes. He is wonderful because I miss the context during classroom discussions, everyone is Deaf [some is hearing and HoH]. When a discussion starts, I miss everyone's input, this is where the DI is handy. I have a severe neck & back problem right now because for 6 weeks I had to move my head left and right to see who was talking. It all catches up so I'm struggling with migraines on a daily basis.

My DI arrived yesterday and oh I was like a little girl on Christmas Day!! :lol: He made me happy because he mirrored everything everyone said. The prof and the students... I didn't miss anything. Their facial expressions, even the tongue sticking out, he does it. Oh joy! Nothing is missed.

This is why I really advocate the use of DIs. They are not just for DeafBlind people, they are for Deaf people who are not confident with the use of the interpreter alone. DIs do facilitate the interpreters. Deaf people from other countries do feel awkward with the interpreters so they feel at ease with the DIs because DIs do well with facilitating with Universal Sign Language.

It is very important to have DIs and the Deaf Community be involved by training to be a DI as well.

During the International Deaf events, you will see a lot of DIs, they are very important to everyone. They provide facilities such as interpreting between two people. They translate between two languages, a go-between two countries so to speak. So important to have the DIs, I cannot emphasize it much more.

Hope this helps!! HUGS!
 
I can offer no advice but I wish you a fun, safe adventure.
 
Mrs Bucket said:
CDIs must be certified with an agency and are used for official business like courts, government agencies as well as doctor offices.

DIs are ASL screened on a regular basis and they are just the same as CDIs. DIs are more for the relaxed scene like classrooms, social scenes and so on.

CDIs dress very professional, DIs do dress professional and they are encouraged to dress casual so they are comfortable during social scenes.

I have a DI in my classes. He is wonderful because I miss the context during classroom discussions, everyone is Deaf [some is hearing and HoH]. When a discussion starts, I miss everyone's input, this is where the DI is handy. I have a severe neck & back problem right now because for 6 weeks I had to move my head left and right to see who was talking. It all catches up so I'm struggling with migraines on a daily basis.

My DI arrived yesterday and oh I was like a little girl on Christmas Day!! :lol: He made me happy because he mirrored everything everyone said. The prof and the students... I didn't miss anything. Their facial expressions, even the tongue sticking out, he does it. Oh joy! Nothing is missed.

This is why I really advocate the use of DIs. They are not just for DeafBlind people, they are for Deaf people who are not confident with the use of the interpreter alone. DIs do facilitate the interpreters. Deaf people from other countries do feel awkward with the interpreters so they feel at ease with the DIs because DIs do well with facilitating with Universal Sign Language.

It is very important to have DIs and the Deaf Community be involved by training to be a DI as well.

During the International Deaf events, you will see a lot of DIs, they are very important to everyone. They provide facilities such as interpreting between two people. They translate between two languages, a go-between two countries so to speak. So important to have the DIs, I cannot emphasize it much more.

Hope this helps!! HUGS!
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Thank you for your interesting input! Much appericated for your time. *thumbs up*
 
To clarify - Just anyone can "be" a DI. To get a CDI you have to go through the certification process.

Id like more feedback too.

mrs bucket - question: Any improvement you suggest for the DI's out there? has there been some situation where you think all the deaf interpreters should be aware of and adapt to?
 
I definitely wouldn't call myself a DI, however I am a "communication assistant". What this means is that I work with a few Deaf kids with disabilities to help facilitate their communication. A lot of my kids used modified ASL, such as no fingerspelling, or some have little or no formal language at all. When I am in the role of communication assistant I will sometimes work between their communication mode and ASL for an interpreter and then watch the ASL and make it understandable for them. Sometimes there is no ASL interpreter and I am just helping to bridge the rest of the world and them myself. This isn't all of my job though, just a part of it. I wouldn't consider being a DI for just anyone, I only work with these clients because I know their communication inside and out, better than their hearing parents often. With one girl I help her communicate with her own parents!
 
posts from hell said:
mrs bucket - question: Any improvement you suggest for the DI's out there? has there been some situation where you think all the deaf interpreters should be aware of and adapt to?
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Details, details and details.

When I ask a DI to give me details on what a person wears, ie, "green shirt, blue slacks and shoes"

For me, this is not enough.

It has to be "short sleeved, dark green shirt with ruffles at front, 6 small buttons at front, small food stain near left breast and right breast has pocket. Blue slack has front and back pocket, front lines on slack, flared bottoms on slacks and shoes are dark brown Mary Janes with bows at top. Mary Janes shoes curved at front, leather, look comfortable, small heel at back, buckle strap and colour brown."

That is how detailed I expect because the DI's eyes are my own.

Hope this helps.
 
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