What Are Micro-Aggressions? While Celebrating Multicultural Milestones, Convention Highlights the Work Before Us

“I learned something today,” said Marilyn Negron, a bilingual speech-language pathologist from Kissimmee, Florida. “I didn’t know about transliterators. I know about working with translators and interpreters, but this is different.” (Hint: A transliterator conveys a message word-for-word from one form to another form of the same language, such as using American Sign Language signs and features to produce a message using English grammar and syntax.) Negron had just had an introduction to “That’s Unheard Of!”—ASHA’s campaign to pique members’ curiosity about what they know (and don’t know) about their own cultural competence. The sneak preview is available at the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) booth in the Concierge Learning Center, located in the Exhibit Hall at the ASHA Convention. The booth also includes a wall mural inviting participants to add their responses to “My cultural competence journey includes …” and a photo collage in the shape of the numbers 5 and 0 that looks at the OMA’s growth over the past half-century. The online microsite, still in development, is targeted to those who may not have thought about how cultural and linguistic diversity affect service delivery. The comprehensive, interactive site provides information designed to evoke empathy and inspire clinicians to learn more about working with people from diverse backgrounds. “It’s definitely user-friendly,” Negron says of the site, “and hugely informative.”...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tags: Audiology Events Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Cultural Diversity Source Type: blogs