Healthy Deaf Minds London-Communication Access: Your Preference?

Location: All Souls Club House – 141 Cleveland Street London

Time: 615pm to 9pm

How do I sign up? use the form below.

We all use interpreters regularly but often not getting the best from them. Why?

We will explore this topic and issues below and we will be inviting BSL Interpreters Deaf Interpreters and people who have knowledge to discuss with us.

• Difficult to find one to suit your time.
• No choice to choose your favourite interpreters
• Peer (ages, gender and global majority, personality ) match

Who should you use?

• BSL Interpreter
• Deaf Interpreter
• Communication Support Worker?
• My husband/wife

How do I find them?

• Use agency
• Find them myself (NRCPD & ASLI)
• Social media
• Through recommendations

Specialist subjects

• Communication style; BSL, SSE, Deafblind, Relay, International Sign, Foreign sign languages, translation work
• Face to face or online?
• Hearing, deaf interpreters?
• Not enough interpreters, how to expand?
• CSW for simple assignments good enough?
• Training opportunities for deafies to be interpreters.
• Personality; they are not machines but with better technology, future avatars good idea?