#Interpreters

Is cultural diversity *needed* to correctly interpret the Bible? Absolutely. The task of interpretation starts with several basic principles. 1) the text is controlled by what the original authors intended.
Read more
Every time Georgia news conferences get around, people fawn over the official ASL interpreter for the state. A lot of it is your typical “ooh sign language looks so cool,
Read more
When the first colonial boats landed in the Americas, the captains sent the ship’s boys, aged about 9, to winter with the local people. This was so they’d come back
Read more
Please call your Senators and Representatives and ask them to #SaveOurAllies by insisting that any withdrawal plans from Afghanistan and Iraq include addressing the multi-year backlog and absurdly high denial
Read more
A thread on why asking a Deaf person: "Why don't you just call them!?!" is insensitive: First: a disclaimer-- I tweet this as a white signing Deaf person. I also
Read more
I teach at a school that is predominantly Latinx and when I do report card calls, I typically need a translator. Today, the translator stayed on the line to chat
Read more
I'm not frustrated at the topic of conversation here, I'm frustrated because I don't have my own interpreter that day and I'm using the guy that the USAID people brought.https://twitter.com/MikePerryavatar/status/12819129121
Read more
What is critical reading? Notes for my first year undergraduate students reading Marx and Du Bois. --> 1) Critical reading involves joining generations of interpreters and partaking in traditions of
Read more
I'm excited about this, even if somehow, tens of thousands of years in the future, Hollywood thinks jihad is taboo. Herbert defined jihad as a crusade and saw them as
Read more
David Bellos: the world's first fully elaborated writing system was in place to train language interpreters - Sumerian to Acadian We are now talking about bilingual tablets. No not technology.
Read more
THREAD on #UnpaidInternships - not only are these unethical, but what a lot of people don't realise is that they limit opportunities for disabled people. To enable me to do
Read more
I've been thinking about this- what would the 100% accessible city be like? What would the city planning look like? Id say- obviously no stairs whenever possible (and if stairs,
Read more
#CogswellMacyAct will uphold the civil rights of American students w sensory disabilities by protecting their access to free appropriate public ed 1/@DB_Coalition @ceasd1868 @NAD1880 @AFB1921 @ClercCenter @GallaudetU @RITNTID @NAOBIDC @Jann
Read more
Latest @troubleterps episode was indeed troublesome. Fascinating, but I have to stand up for neutrality & impartiality. I often hear @Colombias’ views from students or colleagues. Yet, it’s a serious
Read more
I love this slide from @jburnmurdoch's #rstudioglobal keynote: when people read a chart they aren't reverse engineering the visualisation to extract the data, they're expecting to be told a story.
Read more
The first time someone called me fake news, I laughed. Then another insisted a Deafblind person couldn’t go to Harvard. Nearly every disabled person has experienced the old, “You’re faking
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.