At the First Baptist Church of Suitland, just across the District of Columbia border in Maryland, a typical Sunday service includes coffee and pastries, warm greetings and a sermon delivered by the ...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Making sure everyone has equal opportunities to learn is a main focus of the Eau Claire Area School District, and for some that may mean extra resources. Interpreters for ...
Cathy Copeland is as comfortable speaking with her hands as she is with her mouth. The 47-year-old Billings woman is a nationally certified interpreter for the deaf. She works both for Montana State ...
What started out as a curiosity quickly became a passion for sign language interpreter Kim Martin. Over two decades ago, Martin enrolled in a sign language interpreting class at Santa Fe Community ...
When Tamiko Rafeek admitted herself to the hospital a few years ago, she asked for an interpreter. “I was feeling very, very sick that day,” she recalled. Rafeek is deaf, and the Americans with ...
Every year, students across the country memorize and recite poems for the Poetry Out Loud competition. But for deaf students, memorization isn’t the only challenge — they first have to translate the ...