[nagdu] Interpreter Services

Wed Sep 23 22:49:45 UTC 2009

I agree. with you rebecca.
I think that people can take responsibility.  However, how can people take
responsibility for advocating for their needs when they don't know about the
services being offered.
Some people don't know about the FM systems being available at convention,
and some people don't know about the fact that people can provide teletouch
services as well during conventions.

Many people may also not know that the federation has a Deaf-blind devision. 
May be interpreter services and access to other services is something that 
this devision should be involved in.
Just my thoughts.

Melissa Green
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interpreter Services

> Yeah but NFB does provide not one but two relief areas for guide dog
> users.
> Why not do likewise for intrepreters? Peter, saying that a deaf-blind
> person should solve their own problem is like saying that if you want to
> walk outside, you should first build and fund your own sidewalk.
> Let's hear it for compassion!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:46 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Interpreter Services
>
> 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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