Acronyms Flashcards
CT
Certificate of Transliteration
DPN
Deaf President Now
HLAA
Hearing Loss Association of America
NAD
National Association of the Deaf
AADB
American Association of Deaf Blind
EIPA
Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
OTC
Oral Transliteration Certificate
CSC
Comprehensive Skills Test
IACI
The International Association of Conference Interpreters (the only worldwide association for conference interpreters)
RSI
Repetitive Strain Injury: stress related, cumulative type of injury resulting from repetitive movements
ASLTA
American Sign Language Teacher’s Association
DPA
Disabled People’s Association
NAD: V
National Association of the Deaf- Master
PDC
Professional development Committee
MLS
Minimal Language Skills
CLIP
Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit
NBDA
National Black Deaf Advocates
TC
Transliteration Certificate
CT
Certificate of Transliteration
ACET
Associate Continuing Education Tracking: allows RID to track your completion of CEUs for you
NTS
National Testing System (for RID)
CIT
Conference of Interpreter Trainers: professional organization of interpreter educators
NDRN
National Disability Rights Network
CART
Communication Access Realtime Translations
IDC
Intertribal Deaf Council
CMP
Certification Maintenance Program
PINRA
Participant- Initiated Non-RID Activities EX: community education, audited college course, conventions
CEU
Continuing Education Unit
CLIP-R
Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit- Relay
COAT
Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology
Project TIEM
Hosted by NIEC, project Teaching INterpreting Educators and Mentors provides a list of resources for how to contact a mentor as well as provide support for what that mentorship relationship should look like
WFD
World Federation of the Deaf
RSC
Reverse Skills Certificate
Mano a Mano
National organization of interpreters who work in Spanish-Influenced setting
NCI
National Council on Interpreting: formed by NAD and RID to develop the National Interpreter Certification exam
IC
Interpretations Certificate
NIEC
National Interpreter Education Center
CI
Certificate of Interpretation
SC:L
Specialist Certificate: Legal
PAH, MD
Promoting Awareness in Healthcare, Medical and Deaf
NAD: III
National Association of the Deaf Generalist
NAD: IV
National Association of the Deaf Advanced
WASLI
World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
DCMP
Described and Captioned Media Program: equal access to media. DCMP acts as a captioning info and training center
NADC
National Asian Deaf Congress
CCIE
Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education: was established to promote professionalism by provided accreditation to ITPs
SC: PA
Specialist Certificate Performing Arts
OIC
Oral Interpreting Certificate
MCSC
Master Comprehensive Skills Certificate
ACCI
American Consortium of Certified Interpreters
NAOBI
National Alliance of Black Interpreters, INC