Deaf Connecticuters Wants Terps Jobs Back

WATCH VIDEO - Deaf News: The Deaf community is converging at the capitol to file a complaint in an effort to get interpreters their jobs back.



NEW HAVEN, CT -- WTNH Connecticut News: The Deaf community is converging at the capitol to file a complaint in an effort to get sign-language interpreters their jobs back.



Many in the Deaf community say they’re losing a vital resource for them. As a cost-saving measure, the state laid off about 40 interpreters.

We spoke with one of those interpreters last week, she says not only is she concerned about making ends meet for her family, she’s also worried about her clients.

The group ‘We the Deaf People’ told us this has thrown the Deaf population in the state into turmoil. Deaf people relied on these interpreters in schools, emergency rooms, and doctors’ offices. The state expects to save money by contracting with private agencies which can be found by calling 211.



So, on Monday members of ‘We the Deaf People’ will file a complaint at a hearing. It’s being held by the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities or OPA. That’s scheduled to start around 10 a.m.



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ASL Interpreters Mocking Video Compilation

VIDEO: Deaf News: Here's the video compilation of the hurricane Sandy sign language interpreter mocks.



NEW YORK CITY -- A Rochester Institute of Technology graduate skyrocketed into fame while providing American Sign Language interpretation during New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nationally watched news conferences, interpreted by Lydia Callis.



When ASL interpreter Lydia Callis shot to fame because of her use of facial expressions while interpreting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chris Christie’s 'Frankenstorm' Sandy press conference last weeks ago. Therefore, they say that “the way this woman on your show gestured in an ugly fashion was a totally offensive mockery of American Sign Language.”



Chelsea Lately Show "Interpreter Finds Fame" skit; Chelsea Handler finds controversy by mocking Deaf.

Late-night host Chelsea Handler of the Chelsea Lately Show, on E! Network has found herself in the center of controversy, due to this skit air date: Oct 30, 2012 which many members of the Deaf community say mocks and makes fun of the language they use to communicate: ASL American Sign Language. In the skit, a member of the cast mocks Mayor Bloomberg's ASL Interpreter Lydia Callis, who translated for the Mayor's Hurricane Sandy press conferences.



Hurricane Sandy Sign Language in captioned. We received numerous requests to make a version of the video with captions... so here it is.

KiddNation - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and His Enthusiastic Interpreter.

Bloomberg's Sign Language Lady is funny! Crazy faces from Bloomberg's sign language interpreter.

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Lydia Callis - Bloomberg's Interpreter Goes Viral

VIDEO: Lydia Callis: Bloomberg's interpreter goes viral. Meet Lydia Callis, the mayor's sign language interpretor who became the city's newest hearthrob.



NEW YORK CITY -- A Rochester Institute of Technology graduate skyrocketed into fame while providing American Sign Language interpretation during New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nationally watched news conferences.



Meet Lydia Callis, the mayor's sign language interpretor who became the city's newest hearthrob. Stealing the show with her passionate facial expressions and signs.



Clearly there is nothing funny about mass casualties and a region under water. But Lydia Callis has at least given people something to smile about in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

The sign language interpreter for Mayor Michael Bloomberg has gone viral. Mayor Bloomberg addresses the public while his signer feels the beat of the hurricane mane! as seen on YouTube.



The stories of devastation and destruction on the local news lately have not provided much in the way of relief unless, that is, you happened to catch sight of a sign language interpreter named Lydia Callis.

And she was pretty hard to miss. Ms. Callis has been a fixture at Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s news briefings, gesticulating, bobbing and nodding her way through the words of city officials as she communicates for the hearing impaired... Read More at NY Times.



She has inspired a tribute Tumblr page: Lydia Callis’s Facial Expressions, which has compiled images of her expressions as she signs. In one photo, Mr. Bloomberg looks on from behind, seemingly fixated on her hands.



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