A report from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf states that of the more than 10,000 sign-language interpreters that are registered nationally, a mere 13 percent identify as persons of color.

Interpreters convert information from one language to another — or, in the case of sign language interpreters, between spoken language and sign language. For the latter, they interpret both spoken ...

Whether starting a new business, looking for work or just getting around town, it can be hard to make one’s way in a community where the principal language is not one’s own. The La Plata Food Equity ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA)- A South Carolina lawmaker wants to make sure deaf and hearing impaired South Carolininas have access to qualified and certified sign language interpreters. Right now, there isn’t ...

Jennifer Upah-Kyes remembers watching, letter by letter, as an unlicensed American Sign Language interpreter fingerspelled what her teachers were saying during her junior and senior years of high ...