Resources
There are many organizations related to interpreting and Deaf communities. While it is impossible to list all of them, we have provided a few that we hope will be useful to you.
The National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers has an extensive listing of national interpreting resources, listed by topic area, and has created free products for many interpreting specialties. Click here for more information.
National and International Organizations
American Association of Deaf-Blind (AADB)
American Society for Deaf Children
Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT)
Commission of Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE)
Council de Manos (formerly the National Hispanic Council of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Mano a Mano: ASL/English/Spanish Interpreters
National Alliance of Black Interpreters-DC (NAOBI-DC)
National Association of Interpreters in Education (NAIE)
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers
National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcome (NDC) (programs formerly offered through Pepnet2)
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID)
World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI)
Demographics: Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of hearing children and Youth
Discover Interpreting: How to become an interpreter
DeafTec: Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Gallaudet's Center for the Advancement of Interpretation and Translation Research (CAITR)
Gallaudet's Research and Scholarly Achievement Database
Gallaudet Research Institute: Publications and Presentations
GURIEC Video Interpreting Repository: Resources for Video Relay and Video Remote Interpreting
GURIEC Presentation Archives
Mental Health Services For Deaf Persons: A Resource Directory
The National Clearinghouse on Rehabilitation Training Materials, sponsored by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, is hosted by Utah State University. They serve the profession of Vocational Rehabilitation as a centralized resource for the development, collection, dissemination, and utilization of training materials; as a forum for advancing knowledge through applied research and open dialog; and as a marketplace for career and staff development. The NCRTM grant ended on March 31, 2014, but many resources are still available online during the transition period to a new clearinghouse.
National Task Force on Deaf-Blind Interpreting (NTFDBI)
Street Leverage is a widely-read blog, where interpreters submit articles and engage in online discussion about critical trends in the field. "StreetLeverage is committed to the belief that it is often the most obvious and important realities that are the hardest to see and talk about. To that end, StreetLeverage endeavors to spotlight interpreters and industry stakeholders who courageously share their ideas and perspectives in an effort to rethink the way we understand, practice, and tell the story of the sign language interpreter."
Visual Learning & Visual Learning - A Science of Learning Center
Find your local RID chapter in the GURIEC region
Delaware Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing*
Potomac Chapter RID (DC & MD)
West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing*