,,AN ,,INTERVIEW ,,WITH ,,CORRINA ,,VEESART ,HELLO1 ,I'M ,CORRINA ,VEESART1 FROM ,CALIFORNIA4 ,INTERVIEWER3 ,WHEN DID YOU START USING AN ,,SSP8 ,CORINNA3 ,ALL THE TIME ,I WAS GROWING UP1 ''' A LONG TIME AGO1 STARTING FROM MY MOTHER FIGHTING FOR MY NEEDS FOR AN ,,SSP4 ,MY HOME TOWN IS SMALL AND AT FIRST1 THERE WERE NO ,,SSP'S WHERE WE LIVED2 ,I USED MY FRIENDS FOR HELP1 FOR SUPPORT4 ,IT STARTED1 ''' ,I DON'T KNOW1 ''' ,I WAS SO YOUNG4 ,I WENT TO MY FIRST ,,AADB 99 WHEN ,I WAS #AA4 ,I 99 ,ASSOCIATION OF THE ,DEAF- ,BLIND1 CONFERENCE WHICH USED TO BE HELD ANNUALLY UNTIL THE EARLY #AIIJ;S4 USED AN ,,SSP AT THE CONFERENCE SO MAYBE ,I STARTED USING ,,SSP'S WHEN ,I WAS #AA AT THE ,,AADB4 ,I DON'T KNOW THE FULL STORY1 #A BUT FOR A LONG TIME MY MOTHER FOUGHT FOR MANY YEARS TO GET ME ,,SSP'S4 ,SHE FOUGHT FOR MANY HOURS A MONTH1 FOR HOME SERVICES BUT THERE WERE NO REGULAR SUPPORT SERVICES ''' SO NOW MAYBE #FJ HOURS A MONTH4 ,BUT IT IS VERY1 VERY HARD BECAUSE THERE ARE NO REGULAR SUPPORT SERVICES WHERE ,I LIVE4 ,IT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM2 THERE ARE LIMITED INTERPRETING SERVICES IN MY AREA1 TOO4 ,IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG STRUGGLE STARTING1 AT LEAST SINCE THE TIME ,I WAS #AA YEARS OLD1 A LONG TIME4 ,I USE ,,SSP'S FOR THINGS ,I WANT1 LIKE TO DRIVE ME TO THE BEACH1 OR FUN THINGS LIKE GOING TO ,DEAF SOCIAL EVENTS1 OR PARTIES1 OR SOCIALS1 OR MAYBE GOING OUT1 TO TOWN TO DO ERRANDS LIKE GROCERY SHOPPING1 GOING TO A RESTAURANT OR SHOPPING--MANY1 MANY THINGS--,I WANT A SOCIAL LIFE1 SO ,I NEED ,,SSP SERVICES TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND DO THINGS4 ,INTERVIEWER3 ,CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR #B US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ,8INTERVENOR0' AND AN ,,SSP1 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM8 ,CORINNA3 ,AN INTERVENOR WORKS IN SCHOOL1 ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE DEAF-BLIND PERSON IN SCHOOL--GUIDES THEM1 HELPS SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS4 ,AN INTERVENOR WORKS IN SCHOOLS1 AN ,,SSP WORKS OUTSIDE1 IN THE COMMUNITY1 IN INFORMAL SITUATIONS4 ,THEY GUIDE AND HELP NAVIGATE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY1 NOT IN SCHOOLS4 ,I WANT BOTH1 SUPPORT BOTH IN SCHOOL AND IN THE COMMUNITY4 ,INTERVENORS AND ,,SSP'S HELP A LOT4 ,IN COLLEGE NOW ,I STRUGGLE EVERY DAY2 ,I NEED A TUTOR FOR ,BRAILLE1 AND A NOTE-TAKER1 ,I NEED ONE-TO-ONE HELP A LOT4 ,I NEED SUPPORT4 ,SO1 ,I NEED AN INTERVENOR AND ,,SSP BOTH FOR IN SCHOOL AND FOR OUT IN THE COMMUNITY4 ,INTERVIEWER3 ,SO ,I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTERVENOR AND ,,SSP WORK IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS1 THE INTERVENOR IN SCHOOL AND THE ,,SSP OUT IN THE COMMUNITY1 BUT IS THEIR ROLE THE SAME8 #C ,CORINNA3 ,NO1 THEIR ROLES ARE DIFFERENT4 ,YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE8 ,7,INTERVIEWER3 YES1 PLEASE47' ,IN SCHOOL THE INTERVENOR HELPS WITH LIKE PAPERWORK1 EXPLAINING THE CLASSROOM SITUATION1 HELPS INTERPRET AND SUPPORT4 ,IT'S LIKE INTERPRETERS BUT WITH MORE INFORMATION1 MORE EXPLANATION1 VISUAL INFORMATION AND AFTER CLASS HELPS EXPLAIN BOOKS1 LIKE WITH ,BRAILLE LESSONS4 ,I USED TO HAVE AN ,,SSP AND INTERPRETER BOTH1 THE INTERPRETER IN THE CLASSROOM WOULD INTERPRET AND THEN THE ,,SSP WOULD ADD INFORMATION AND IT HELPED A LOT4 ,THEN AN ,,SSP OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TO GO WITH ME AS A GUIDE AND SUPPORT AND GIVE ME INFORMATION LIKE FOR FOOD SHOPPING AND EXPLAIN WHAT SHE SEES ON THE SHELVES1 EVERYTHING VISUAL2 THE ,,SSP HELPS EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT IS AROUND--WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SITUATION SO THE ,,DB PERSON CAN THINK THEMSELVES WHAT THEY WANT TO DO4 ,THE ,,SSP EXPLAINS #D EVERYTHING SO THE ,,DB PERSON CAN THINK THEMSELVES AND MAKE A DECISION FOR THEMSELVES4 ,INTERVIEWER3 ''' YOUNG ,,DB PEOPLE LIKE YOU--DO THEY NEED TO TAKE A CLASS8 ,CORINNA3 ,NO1 THEY NEED LOTS OF EXPERIENCE4 ,CLASSROOM--MAYBE ONE-TO- ONE TRAINING HOW TO USE AN ,,SSP1 HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT AN ,,SSP MEANS1 MAYBE TRAINING4 ,7,BUT7' ,SOME ,,DB PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT A FORMAL CLASSROOM SITUATION MEANS--BETTER TO SIT DOWN ONE-TO-ONE AND DISCUSS IT1 NOT A CLASSROOM BUT MORE INDEPENDENT1 ONE- TO-ONE WHAT THE ROLE IS AND FOR THE ,,DB PERSON1 WHAT THEIR IDEAS AND WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THE ,,SSP WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE SO THE ,,SSP AND THE ,,DB PERSON BOTH TALK ABOUT IT1 NOT IN A CLASSROOM1 NO1 BUT THROUGH A TWO-WAY DISCUSSION SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS CLEARLY WHAT THE RULES AND ROLES ARE1 EACH AND BOTH4 ,INTERVIEWER3 ''' ,CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT SKILLS A ,,DB PERSON NEEDS TO USE #E AN ,,SSP1 THE SKILLS4 ,PLEASE EXPLAIN FOR US4 ,CORINNA3 ,YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND HONESTLY4 ,MAKE SURE YOUR BOUNDARIES AND LIMITS ARE CLEAR4 ,TELL ME WHEN YOU NEED A BREAK4 ,CLEAR COMMUNICATION--AND RESPECT EACH OTHER4 ,DON'T OVERSTEP BOUNDARIES AND RESPECT4 ,CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT4 ,I THINK CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE ARE MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND FRUSTRATION AND PROBLEMS KEEP COMING UP4 ,AND VISUAL INFORMATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO HELP THE ,,SSP4 #F