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Upcoming Events

The following is a nationwide list of events scheduled for the upcoming year that may be of interest to interpreters and/or members of  the DeafBlind community. Events with an asterisk (*) in the title may not have DeafBlind-specific content.

​Please note: Due to COVID-19, many events have been canceled or altered for virtual participation.
​This list will be updated when new information becomes available.

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Hosting or attending an event this year? Tell us! Suggest an event using our online form.

Protactile Language Interpreting Institute 2023

Winter/Spring 2023
Learn more: PLII Pilot Cohort 2023

DeafBlind Service Center Webinar: “Touch Stimulation” by Roberto Cabrera

February 23, 2023 

Cost: $25.00 
10:00am-10:45am (PST) – Presentation 
10:45am-11:15am (PST) – Live Q & A
Touch stimulation is a way of proceeding information via touch.  It may be overloaded or underloaded.  The workshop is to explore how our brain functions when proceeding information via touch. The workshop will be an open space for everyone to ask questions regards to touch stimulations. CEU’s available.

Register in advance for this webinar: 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_95xM8VyJSmSfTNWyYhctgw 

Any questions, please contact: elizabeth@seattledbsc.org 

Roberto Cabrera is a second-generation DeafBlind, Queer Dominican.  Roberto is known for his work as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, a community outreach specialist, a teacher, and a trainer.  Roberto is one of the leading mentors with the DeafBlind Interpreting Institute. Roberto is a people person and loves spending his time on various community-led projects, and he is an advocate for equal access to promote the quality lifestyle in the community of choice. 

Learn more: Seattle DBSC

DEAFBLIND SERVICE CENTER WEBINAR: "Disability Justice through the DeafBlind Lens" with Sarah Jean Morrison

February 26, 2023

Time: 1p-4p EST
Cost: $40 non CEU ticket
$50 CEU ticket

​One of the main goals of this workshop is to help interpreters, intervenors, and related DeafBlind support service professionals to become attuned in the area of disability justice through the DeafBlind Lens (the DeafBlind Way) and the Protactile philosophy.
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Learn more: 
Seattle DBSC

DBI Module Series

Available online, on demand, via PLI Moodle
Learn more: Online Learning

Protactile Language Interpreting National Education Program Research and Resource Center with Deaf communities (RRCD)
​Richard Woodcock Education Center
Western Oregon University
345 N Monmouth Ave
Monmouth, OR 97361
pli@wou.edu
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