Continuing Education Center

Rethinking the Binary Paradigm in Interpreting

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Includes a Live Web Event on 03/20/2025 at 6:00 PM (EDT)

This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities.

We live in a world heavily influenced by either/or, us or them, and Deaf or hearing thinking. In the context of sign language interpretation in educational settings, this binary mind-set is often exclusionary of situational and socio-cultural considerations that may heavily impact interpreting outcomes. To address this critical shortcoming and identify potential solutions, the presenter will facilitate a conversation that explores and challenges a variety of assumptions, models, values and standard methods shared by interpreting professionals, interpreting educators, and interpreting agency representatives.

Corey Axelrod

Corey Axelrod

Corey Axelrod founded 2axend in 2017 after observing the challenges his father, Rick Axelrod, faced when advocating as a Deaf individual for his right to quality communication access in healthcare during his tumultuous battle with Multiple Myeloma, an incurable cancer of the bone marrow.

As a member of a multigenerational Deaf family, Corey has been long exposed to the various systemic barriers impacting his family and the greater Deaf and hard of hearing community. Corey is committed to eliminating these barriers and guiding organizations to create equitable experiences for his community.

Corey also currently sits on Northwest Community Hospital’s Patient and Family Advisory Council and serves as a member of the ASTM International F43.06 Subcommittee on Captioning Standards. In June 2021, Corey completed his third-term as president of the Illinois Association of the Deaf, Illinois’ leading civil rights organization of, by and for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Illinoisans.

Upon completion of this webinar, participants will have or be able to:

1. Discussed a minimum of three ways that binary thinking may impact various elements of the interpreting process.

2. Utilize a minimum of three strategies to mitigate the impact of binary thinking.

3. Identify a minimum of three opportunities to leverage the benefits of spectrum thinking as it pertains to interpreting.

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