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ASL interpreters in high demand
By Bob Waite
i i .; Co-”.
American Sign language ls '*
unique form of ( omrnunit alittn
It is fluid motion. fa< ial expres
sum. mime anil emotional urn
timt is ithout spun h
It paints pi< t ums m t lie
,m said former I tmeisits
ASI teat her Susanne Beaman
AS1. is a very visual and natu
ral language
Bel ause less Blit the deal are
liuent. there is ,i large demand
for A SI. interpreters to serve
the approximately Jill) deal
people in the I ugene Spring
field i (immunity Beaman said
1 lie I fisahllities \i t. expei t
ed to lie signed In President
Hush mas in< rease th.it de
mand In expanding the rights
of disabled i iti/ens to rights
equal to those ol other minority
groups
t eles ised Senate hearings
noss offer an ASI. interpreter
Beamnan was a s it t iin of
budget lilts at tile Iniversits
Speer h Pathology Audiologs
department several years ago.
leaving Iris Peters as the re
mauling ASI, te.u her
It’s really sad bei.ause pen
pie need lo take at least three
ASI. i lasses lietoru they < an
esenappls for interpreter tram
mg." Beaman said of this
year's budget r uts
She is a freelarue ASI. in
terpreter
iMsIesI Brand said this is
symptoniatii ot our general
Binding situation." said profes
sor Nod ( hristeiiseii. diret lot ol
Speei h Pathology . Audiology
( hristnnsen said the I Oliver
sit\ has taught \S1. tor the past
eight to 10 years hut newt
\\ it It the intent to i ertifx ASI
inletpreters
Summi'r term students will
be .title tu t.1 k• • mm.onil .md third
level \M courses but further
budget i nts limit next vent's
classes to lust the lirst level
It yy .is one ol those dot I
sinus u e had to make in a ecu
mmiii situation Christensen
said ol this veal’s budget cuts
Sign language «as never a
major requirement I looked at
mam alternatives, there just
weren't mam there
t’niversiu students will be
able to take levels two and
three in summer Hint il there is
enough demand. (Ihrislensen
said
The reason win we need
A SI, classes at the l'() is that
not mill does it spread an
awareness ol deal people but
some ol these people mas wind
up in the university system.''
said Janet Heed, teat her lor the
Cascade Regional Program lot
tile 1 (earing Impaired
There are about 90 deal stu
dents (list ill the l| system
Reed said
All te.n hers gtaduating
should have at least one AS[.
t lass she said It s in their
best interest to take those class
i's 'i mu ’it- prepared when lull
Inn ■ a deal kid in unit i lass
U h\ not teach the deaf ling
lisle
In teal h a deaf person ling
Itsh is like try ing to teach us
(ihinese by lipreading and not
hearing a tiling.’ said Beaman,
whose parents are also deal
"We are the ones who have the
i apahility to learn then Ian
guage "
Some deal people can lip
read, she said, hut those people
could hear as i hiIdren and
have some knowledge ol ling
lisli
\ person who yy.is horn deaf
has no wax to master a lan
guage that is diffirult tor poo
pie who can hear. Beaman said
This year there is only one
deal Ptuxersitv student. Bea
man s.iid hut nest year she be
hexes there will be three or
four
Section TOT of the Yo< ationai
Rehabilitation Act leads. Am
program rei eiving federal fund
mg has !<r prox ide interpreter
services for the deaf." Beaman
said
That includes the t Tiixersitx.
Sac red I leart i Uispit.il. the
police arrd the t S i ores! Ser
\ ice. Beaman said
\s one \\ ho does this servii e
Beaman said personal treelani
ing [lays about SIT per hour
x\ tide the public sc bools pay ST
to $B per hour and the courts
pay S-0 per hour
"It's a good x\ ax to earn a lix
ing as you're going through
college she said "It’s a good
stepping stone that can lead to
leaching and c ounseling. ”
However "Most full-time in
lerpreters burn out alter about
five years Interpreting is hard
to do full-time, you're dealing
with words all day." she said
And there are health risks
"People get carpal tunnel
syndrome, interpreter elbow
ideally the interpreter is xvork
ing about JO hours per xveek
Christensen said Western Or
egon College in Monmouth ot
teas a n ,i> c red it ed AM in
lerpretel program and Pane
Community (College offers AS1.
c lasses
( diemeketa (iommunitx ( ail
lege in Salem. Seattle Central
( uimmunitx (College and t'(
\orthridge in I .os Angeles also
offer good ASI. programs Bea
man said
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