My mom wants to learn sign language and make sime kind of career out of it, like helping little kids or something, but she does not want to be a teacher. What other kinds of jobs can you get??
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My mom wants to learn sign language and make sime kind of career out of it, like helping little kids or something, but she does not want to be a teacher. What other kinds of jobs can you get??
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Translator – all big conventions, organizations, governments need translators
You can be an interpreter. I work in a mental health facility that treats children – -many who are deaf. We have a staff of interpreters. A good friend of mine work for a video relay services where he interprets phone calls for deaf people.
You can become an interpreter in legal matters or social services:
hospitals, courts, community services.
Sign Interpreter in classrooms for the deaf and hard of hearing. There are also positions opening up for the new video relay for D/ HOH. But for more info on what’s out there check out the DCARA website.
An interpreter, or maybe a psychologist, that would help out a lot!
As other people have said, she can be an ASL/English Interpreter, or a psychologist…really she can apply the sign language skills she has to any occupation. She could be a social worker, lawyer, or doctor, and specialize in working with deaf people.
But first of all, learning ASL (American Sign Language) or any other sign LANGUAGE is NOT easy. It is as difficult as learning any other language. Learning Signed Exact English (SEE) may be slightly easier if your mom is a native speaker of English, but still difficult. It’s not something she will pick up in a year or two, especially at her age. So really, before she thinks about careers totally related to signing, she needs to start learning. That said, it’s a great language to learn, and I wish her the best.