Dear Members, Around the world, interpreters are called upon to work with asylum seekers and refugees, and one of the requests WASLI frequently receives is for information about training. The United Nations has this excellent resource, and while it is not specific to signed language interpreters, we want to share it with you as a very helpful resource.  We encourage you to review the material and consider it as you are creating local or national training to work Deaf people in these … Read More »

Interpreting Studies faculty at Western Oregon University invite you to contribute to an Open Educational Resources (OER) they are developing on educating interpreters. OERs offer authors and readers free and open access to current, relevant, easy-to-access, and free materials. Our intent for this project is to create a space where emerging scholars, from varied and diverse backgrounds,  in the field of signed language interpreting will make contributions with the ability to revise as the … Read More »

Dear Members: We hope you are doing well. Our WASLI Oceania Regional Conference will be upon us very soon, and we wanted to get this WASLI Newsletter out to you before that exciting event. Enjoy reading about the training that has taken place in Colombia and in Macau, along with a great interview with a longtime interpreter from Malaysia, Lucy Lim. Wishing you well Debra on behalf of the Board of Directors For Download … Read More »

Protactile Principles by aj granda & Jelica Nuccio Abstract This document outlines core principles of protactile communication. It also provides some background about how these principles were developed and how they are intended to be used as an educational resource. Videos and text descriptions are provided to illustrate proper application of the … Read More »