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Interpreters need to prep too?
You are planning a stellar event, conference, webinar, or Zoom meeting. You've spent a ton of time ensuring that all the details are...
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Honoring Harlan Lane
On July 13, 2019, we lost a great friend to and advocate for the Deaf Community. At the time of his passing, Harlan Lane was 82 years...
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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What the ACA Got Right on Effective Communication
Ever since it’s passage in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been much maligned, and since the recent attempts to appeal it, much...
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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Deaf Health Literacy: What Providers Don't Know Can Hurt Their Patients
It is well known among researchers and interpreters that Deaf patients experience disparities in health literacy, due to a number of...
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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VRI: One Size Does NOT Fit All
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) has been touted as the answer to providing language access to patients who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing....
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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ASL Interpreting: Access Is Needed Not Just for Press Conferences
If you are keeping up with any local or state daily press conferences and health briefings on COVID-19 in the U.S., chances are you will...
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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Are You "Barrier Free?"
It only takes one instance of refusing to provide communication access to trigger the Department of Justice’s Barrier Free Healthcare...
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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Deaf Patients Have an Opinion... so Ask Them!
As a working interpreter, I have the privilege of working along side Certified Deaf Interpreters (CDIs) from time to time in my work....
SUZANNE DUNLEAVY
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