Faqs

Tactile signing is a way that Deaf-Blind people communicate.  This is accomplished by the Deaf-Blind person placing their hands on the hands of another person and feeling the sign language. [...]

Spoken language agencies that provide translating and interpreting services for multiple languages have started adding American Sign Language (ASL) to their list of options. Due to the complexity [...]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA has language that includes the use of interpreters and allows health care providers who act as a “covered entity” to utilize their [...]

A practicum student is a college student who is pursuing a degree in sign language interpreting and is satisfying their degree requirements by accompanying a working professional for practical [...]

Interpreting degrees are earned at associate, bachelor, and master levels. Many interpreters also obtain degrees in related fields such as: Linguistics, English, Communication, or Deaf Studies. [...]

An interpreter can be nationally certified, state certified, or both. There are levels of certification and certification types that better qualify an interpreter to be placed. Other [...]

Certification is proof that the practicing professional has satisfied all of the education and testing requirements to practice. Certification is a protection to all parties involved in the [...]

Big D deaf “Deaf” is the term preferred by the Deaf community. It represents cultural awareness and shows respect to those whose native language is American Sign Language (ASL). “Hearing [...]

Just like any culture or sub-culture, Deaf Culture is a group of individuals who share knowledge, values, art, customs, and behaviors that are derived from a shared language, history, and [...]

American Sign Language is the language that is most readily used by the Deaf population in the United States and is the third largest language used in the country. ASL is a language that has its [...]