Hiring deaf IS interpreters models international competency to the deaf community, provides jobs, demonstrates human rights, and connects the deaf community across the world. As you hire more deaf people, the community has to build their skills to match the demand in this market. They then feed deaf from developing countries with role models on how to access communication that connects them to the rest of the world. They gain access to funding that lifts them out of the poverty cycle, builds global competence, and supports development efforts.

Deaf people have long been left out of international exchange and conversations because of the high costs of interpreting. Hiring deaf interpreters for your events is one of the lowest cost ways to begin to change that dynamic.

Ironically, most deaf people are already highly skilled in managing two cultures through interpreters, deaf and hearing. With more access and exposure to international opportunities, they may lend us all greater insight on language access and boundaries. Hiring deaf interpreters for your events is one of the lowest cost ways to begin to change that dynamic.

As you work to justify the budget for sign language interpreters, perhaps you might suggest this budgetary line item as an investment in international development as a whole and to the deaf community specifically, rather than only an investment in access generally.

We offer a Rewards program to help bring down your costs. See this link for details.

We offer financial rewards (bonus discounts) for multiple requests and for hiring more than 3 deaf interpreters in a month. We also referral rewards and additional discounts for large numbers of requests (20 or more) within a month.

Rewards Program Details

This report highlights the ways that employing people with disabilities and providing them access have far reaching benefits, including financial.

The Guardian reported, “At a parliamentary meeting on the case for disability-inclusive development three years ago, one MP playing devil’s advocate said: “Yes, but isn’t this all too costly?”….

The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf provides the standards deaf interpreters must meet.