Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 6, 2019 17:16:14 GMT 12
'WE MISS OUT': DEAF MĀORI PLEAD FOR MORE TRILINGUAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS
Sign language user Eric Matthews said there have been lots of experiences when he's gone to his local marae and found it "really tough".
"There are not many Māori trilingual interpreters, so we really feel blocked and that we miss out. There's a gap there," he said.
Eric Matthews is deaf and learned sign language when he was four. He says there's only one trilingual interpreter in the country, and that creates a huge barrier for deaf Māori.
"What I'd really like to see in the future is lots of trilingual interpreters, so that we can book a variety of people to come and we don't get stuck in the same way we do now," Matthews said......
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Sign language user Eric Matthews said there have been lots of experiences when he's gone to his local marae and found it "really tough".
"There are not many Māori trilingual interpreters, so we really feel blocked and that we miss out. There's a gap there," he said.
Eric Matthews is deaf and learned sign language when he was four. He says there's only one trilingual interpreter in the country, and that creates a huge barrier for deaf Māori.
"What I'd really like to see in the future is lots of trilingual interpreters, so that we can book a variety of people to come and we don't get stuck in the same way we do now," Matthews said......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/we-miss-out-deaf-m-ori-plead-for-more-trilingual-sign-language-interpreters.html