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What is deafblind interpreting

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Updated September 28, 2011

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Question: What is deafblind interpreting
Answer: Interpreting for deafblind people involves a more tactical form of interpreting that lets the deafblind person feel the interpreter's hands, and other means of communication. Deafblind interpreting information is scarce. Fortunately, the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness maintains a library of topics including interpreting for deafblind individuals.

There is also a Yahoo Group for deafblind interpreters, the DeafBlind_Terps list.

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