Request to the R.I.D to ACCEPT the ESSE:I/R

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   Name: Zoey Wolfe on Dec 15, 2012

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   Name: Gerilee Gustason on Dec 15, 2012

   Comments: It's a great test!

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   Name: Mary Jaeger on Dec 16, 2012

   Comments: The Educational Sign Skills Evaluation:Interpreting/Receptive (ESSE:I/R) is a valuable tool for Signing Exact English trained interpreters. Please honor the deaf consumer's right to choose the sign system they prefer by making the ESSE:I/R an RID certifiable evaluation for interpreters who are skilled in SEE.

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   Name: Anthony Maybury on Dec 16, 2012

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   Name: Dale Withey on Dec 16, 2012

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   Name: Robin Castiglione on Dec 16, 2012

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   Name: Kevin J. Feyas on Dec 16, 2012

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   Name: Denise Templeman on Dec 16, 2012

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   Name: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2012

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    Name: Iva Still on Dec 16, 2012

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    Name: Christine Chittick on Dec 16, 2012

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    Name: Jade Buckingham on Dec 16, 2012

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    Name: Terry Taylor on Dec 16, 2012

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    Name: Anonymous on Dec 17, 2012

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    Name: Kim Larsen on Dec 17, 2012

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    Name: Roman Larsen on Dec 17, 2012

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    Name: Billie L. McDavitt on Dec 17, 2012

    Comments: I strongly support this action. Our son, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, was raised in a Total Communication environment and speaks and signs English. He should receive English interpreting from a certified SEE interpreter.

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    Name: Denise Templeman on Dec 17, 2012

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    Name: Elizabeth K. Fuglestad on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Suzanne Schimpf on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Karen Coles on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Thomas A. McDavitt,DVM on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Patrice Stephenson on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Susie Ternes on Dec 18, 2012

    Comments: This is a deaf person's right to request qualified SEE interpreters. RID MUST recognize SEE interpreters and either offer some sort of evaluation for them, or accept the certification offered by the SEE Center. Warmly, Susie Ternes, Au.D, CCC-A Audiologist, Sibling of Deaf Adult

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    Name: DiAnne Allison on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Janeil McCrury on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Cassie Jordan on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Susan Goodwyn on Dec 18, 2012

    Comments: this is very important. we have so many deaf students who benefit from SEE

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    Name: SuAn Watson on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Dorothy L McGuire on Dec 18, 2012

    Comments: I hereby request that the RID provide a means of certification in SEE, by accepting the Educational Sign Skills Evaluation:Interpreting/Receptive.

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    Name: Suzette Wilhite on Dec 18, 2012

    Comments: We have many deaf students and adults who use SEE and would prefer interpreters who are skilled in this form of sign language. They prefer to have the message relayed to them in English so all of it can be understood just as it is spoken. Please include ESSE as one of the options for certification. This allows access for all deaf persons.

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    Name: Barbara Luetke on Dec 18, 2012

    Comments: Totally support a S.E.E. option for our English Interpreters.

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    Name: Greg Kimberlin on Dec 18, 2012

    Comments: A variety if us Deaf/deaf/deafened folks strongly supports a variety of interpreter skills.

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    Name: ALisa George on Dec 18, 2012

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    Name: Linda P on Dec 20, 2012

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    Name: Barbara J Martin on Dec 21, 2012

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    Name: Lara Jane Wandzilak on Dec 21, 2012

    Comments: This is not an issue between opinions on ASL and SEE. This is for the deaf students and citizens who deserve to have interpreters use the sign system that they prefer. This is about them, not the interpreters.

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    Name: Lindsey McMahon on Dec 21, 2012

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    Name: Michael C. Estrada-Martin on Dec 21, 2012

    Comments: I agree on this petition! :-)

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    Name: Krysten Dekker on Dec 21, 2012

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    Name: Krysten Dekker on Dec 21, 2012

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    Name: Erica McKinnie on Dec 21, 2012

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    Name: Alex Fransen on Dec 22, 2012

    Comments: once again it sounds like it's all about the money. does anybody understand how hard interpreters train to take this test in never pass. almost sounds rigged!

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    Name: Donna Mayfield on Dec 22, 2012

    Comments: I am certified in KQAS SEE 4. They don't do SEE testing anymore. I am certified in ESSE 4 and the EIPA MCE. I believe that D/deaf children in the pubic schools are more successful if they have the support of English (SEE) based sign. I have seen many of the SEE student go to the college of their choice and often time with their hearing friends. I have had students go to RIT. They have told me that some students can not return because of their lack of English skills. They also tell me of the teasing they get because of SEE signs. ASL has a place in the but just like we speak different in different settings so should the D/deaf children. I respect the languages of different cultures in this great country of ours but to say only ASL means to limit the individual from the language of the general population. No one deserves to be limited because of a language the is available and accessible. Let the individual decide which they want to use as the mature. At one time in history signs were used for parts of words not use in general conversation, then no signs were allowed, now we are trying to educate the D/deaf again with signs for parts of words and it is an argument. Equal access.

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    Name: Kathryn E. Bodewig on Dec 22, 2012

    Comments: According to the RiD professional code of conduct, "Interpreters must respect consumer choices and render the message faithfully in the language most readily understood by the deaf consumer." That means, if you ask for English, you should not be given rhetoric. Your requests should be respected. ...and in order for this to occur the powers that be at RID need to include *all* possible certifications to ensure Deaf consumers' choices be respected.

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    Name: Jimmie Byers on Dec 24, 2012

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    Name: Brian Tyler on Dec 26, 2012

    Comments: As RID tries to improve their standards of testing, it is important to make sure they are serving the whole gamete of the interpreting spectrum. Thereforer, they need to produce interpreters that can match the needs of the interpreting spectrum.

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    Name: Wendy Grose on Dec 29, 2012

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    Name: Ildiko Oyler on Dec 29, 2012

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    Name: Jenny Folmar on Jan 4, 2013

    Comments: Good Afternoon, I am signing this petition on behalf of my background that I am a CODA. I am fluent in ASL, for that was my first language! I am a Deaf Ed Teacher, that uses both SIGN Exact English and ASL in my classroom. There is a need for SEE in the classroom for the state tests that are given now in public schools and for the deaf students that are mainstreamed due to not enough deaf schools in America to fulfilled the dreams of the deaf students! Please be careful on how you judge anyone for I believe in total communication for all deaf ed students! We have to work with our students and parents! Believe me when I say "Every deaf / hard of hearing child should have the option of their communication to have and become successful in their lives."

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