[nagdu] Interpreter Services

Wed Sep 23 03:16:29 UTC 2009

hi the nfb-db somwhat takes the lead  on this, I am going to send this  
email on to to  a officer in nfb-db  to talk about  this. if eny  one  
needs to talk about this please write me off list.maurice ham call  
sine kd0iko.
On Sep 22, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:

> Hello Roxy and listers,
>
>    What she says is true concerning NAGDU. Mary and I personally  
> helped her
> find someone. We were able to get a friend of ours who is a  
> federationist,
> and incidentally an employee of the Anatole Hilton to sign for her  
> during
> the NAGDU Meetings.
>
>    As I recall you were able to hear enough to respond to questions.  
> I know
> because we communicated that way all be it at close range. The NFB  
> does
> provide hearing enhancement for the general sessions. You must pay a  
> fee for
> the service but if it will help you hear for those meetings  
> hopefully that
> would reduce your need for an interpreter. You're given a  
> transmitter and an
> ear piece to wear rather than your regular hearing aids. The signal  
> from the
> p.a. system in the room is piped directly to you via the  
> transmitter. I'd
> strongly suggest looking in to that if you plan to come to Dallas  
> next year.
> And you can count on us to help you find an interpreter for the  
> NAGDU and
> possibly other meetings.
>
>    The other issue I want to raise is that of responsibility. We can  
> talk
> about what the ACB and NFB do, or don't do when it comes to  
> providing such
> services. Ultimately it comes down to our taking responsibility for
> procuring these services for ourselves. Here in is a difference  
> between the
> ACB and the NFB. One provides interpretation services to the deaf- 
> blind
> without requiring them to secure it themselves. The other urges the
> deaf-blind to find creative ways of locating, securing, and if  
> necessary
> paying interpreters. This is not unlike the difference between feeding
> someone a fish or teaching them how to fish. The former will take  
> care of
> you for a day while the latter will enable you to fish for a lifetime.
> Herein is the difference. Until these differences can be molded in   
> to a
> single approach any idea of working together just, isn't, possible!
>
>    Do you have someone that could come with you to interpret? do you  
> have
> family, friends, or know of organizations in the Dallas area that  
> could
> provide this service for you?
>
>    While it would be a great service for the NFB to provide  
> interpreters
> for all deafblind persons who attend the convention at the end of  
> the day
> the responsibility falls on the deafblind individual himself- 
> herself. This
> is no different than a guide dog user expecting someone to pick up  
> after
> their dog during the convention or their being responsible and  
> cleaning up
> after their own dog. Okay I'm done.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower4me at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention 2010 ???
>
>
> One of the reasons I'll go back to ACB conventions is that they
> provide interpreters for Deafblind attendees.  This last year, I went
> to workshops, meetings and the exhibit hall and had interpreters with
> me upon my request.
>
> Both myself and other Deafblind people have tried unsuccessfully to
> get these same accommodations from NFB and have not been successful.
> I went to one convention where I tried to speak with a member of the
> Deafblind group (who was hearing) so I could address these issues.
> She did not sign and there were no other interpreters present at the
> boot the facilitate communication.
>
> Honestly, I'd like to go to an NFB convention because I am interested
> in what they have to say.  I am a member of NAGDU and not GDUI because
> in my experience NAGDU cares more about including their Deafblind
> members.  I'm just not sure if the NFB as a hole does.
>
> I can't go to my local meetings because of the same issues of lack of
> communication and total disinterest in leadership in helping me
> address these issues.
>
> Sometimes the reasons one might choose to attend the other convention
> is because they have other needs which can be better met there,
> unfortunately.
>
> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
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