Diane Currie Richardson

@dcrichardson

Joined almost 4 years ago

Diane received a BS in Deaf Education from Illinois State University in 1974 and completed ASL interpreter training at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1975. Throughout her 41-year career, she held national interpreter certification through Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. She worked with deaf people as an ASL interpreter, a teacher, a job coach, and a social worker. She also taught interpreter students in Wausau (Wisconsin), Minneapolis, and St. Paul.

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Diane Currie RichardsonArticleover 1 year ago

Memories Without Imagery—Remembering Outside the Lines

People with aphantasia may struggle with memory recall. This may be because our memories are image-free. But, just because we can't see our memories, does that mean we don't have them? The ability to visualize is not a prerequisite for remembering rich experiences.

Diane Currie RichardsonArticleover 3 years ago

Interpreting in the Dark - Being an Interpreter with Aphantasia

I had apparently been doing the unimaginable: working as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter with aphantasia. How one interpreter learned to interpret "in the dark."