Improving Cross-Cultural and Linguistic Services in Healthcare Settings

2020-01-15T11:08:12-05:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: From RID Headquarters, Uncategorized|Tags: |

Jaime Fatás-Cabeza, MMA, USCCI, CHI Signed by Joe Toledo, Deaf Interpreter Progressive sectors in the medical profession agree about the importance of addressing diversity efficiently to provide quality care, positive outcomes, and patient safety. This is a truism for interpreters. However, when healthcare organizations and personnel [...]

Dear Encounters With Reality

2020-01-15T11:08:20-05:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: From RID Headquarters, Uncategorized|Tags: |

Brenda Cartwright, M.S., CSC, CI and CT DEAR ENCOUNTERS WITH REALITY: I interpret at a college and sometimes during the lectures, the Deaf student does not watch me. They may be reading something, texting, or sometimes sleeping. When this happens, I tend to shrink my [...]

A Standard of Inclusion

2020-01-15T11:08:45-05:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: |

A Standard of Inclusion: Power, Privilege, and Oppression CEUs Lisa Weems, CI and CT, NIC Translated by Dr. Lisalee Egbert Since 2014, RID has been recovering from organizational crisis and seeking the most effective solutions in defining the organization's future. One of the primary concerns is membership engagement and the need for deliberate inclusion [...]

A Case for Industry Disruption

2020-01-15T11:09:04-05:00November 16th, 2018|Categories: From RID Headquarters, Uncategorized|Tags: |

A Case for Industry Disruption: How Social Entrepreneurship Can Create And Sustain Access at the Local Level Kathleen O'Regan, NIC Translated by: Rayni Plaster, CDI, SC:L Originally written by Kathleen O’Regan, this article was shared with the Civic Access team for collaboration in the editing process. A huge thank you to Calene Carrano and [...]

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