The World Federation of the Deaf recently voted to host their 2027 global conference in the United Arab Emirates. There were important considerations involved. Such as the UAE’s commitment to fund 100 people…

This is a brief overview of the presentation I gave at the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (EFSLI) in September 2022. I also offered a workshop on this topic on April 27, 2023 to the Association of Sign Language Interpreters of the United Kingdom (ASLIUK). …

Recently, I collaborated with the brilliant Dr. Christopher Stone of Wolverhampton University in the UK to produce a video about the benefits of learning research skills for interpreting students at the invitation of an esteemed colleague. See end of blog for Dr. Stone’s background (and creds). The topic came up…

Sharing a video I made about crip linguistics and care work for signed language interpreters. The video is a summary, targeted to signed language interpreters, of the Crip Linguistics paper co-authored with Jon Henner. Both ASL and IS versions available below. ASL:

Below, I offer versions in three languages: American Sign Language (ASL), International Sign (IS), and English. They offer the same content. ASL: IS Version:

[Image description: bald man with a soft fuzzy head, short thin beard, gray t-shirt signing against a light gray background.] Stella Young introduced us to inspiration porn. Inspiration porn objectifies disabled people by framing them as inspirational for simply living their lives; often doing mundane activities. A disabled person’s…

Content Note: There is discussion of disordered eating and suicidal ideation/self harm. Hi. I’m Octavian Robinson. I’d like to talk about the recent vlog from the…

I’m copying over a Twitter thread on The Simpsons with some thoughts on media representations of deafness. I’m also offering this in ASL for expanded access. I’m skipping the GIFs but here’s the thread in its original glory.

I’d like to talk about this tweet sent out recently by an hearing interpreter educator about the quality of interpreters graduating from interpreter education programs. They took the position that prospects must be fluent…