Who Are ASLIA?
The Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association Inc. (ASLIA) is the national peak organisation for Auslan Interpreters in Australia.
ASLIA Exectuive Strategic Planning Retreat 2007 Sydney
The Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association (ASLIA National) is a non-profit body representing the needs and interests of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and Relay (Deaf) Interpreters in Australia. Our association is comprised of a National Executive, a National Representative Council and branches in most states and territories.
ASLIA provides a platform for the views of sign language interpreters throughout the nation on a variety of issues, including training, ongoing professional development, recruitment, working conditions, salaries, and the provision of services within the sign language interpreting industry.
Our industry is very small and ASLIA receives no sponsorship or support from any stakeholder. We are self-funded from membership dues, fundraising, consultative & project management fees and via fees to members for professional development activities.
The Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (ASLIA) has been in existence in various forms at state level for approximately 20 years, and the current national membership stands at approx. 250.
The formalized roles of an accreditation authority for Auslan interpreters and an association for practitioners have supported the professionalisation of the field in Australia in recent years.
(See Napier (2004) for a more detailed discussion of the profession, training and accreditation of interpreters in Australia compared with the UK and USA.)
ASLIA currently has five state branches: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and Western Australia and is a member the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI).
ASLIA National Vision Statement
To lead and promote best practice in signed language interpreting across Australia.
ASLIA National Mission
ASLIA National is the peak body representing signed language interpreters through:
• Collaborative partnerships and engagement with practitioners and communities.
• Providing value, relevance and leadership regarding the signed language interpreting profession.
• Contributing to the interpreting and translation body of knowledge and expertise.
Goals
1. To strengthen the position of ASLIA National as the peak body representing signed language interpreters in Australia
2. To maintain and enhance collaboration with the Deaf community
3. To sustain and increase a financial foundation to support organisational objectives
4. To model best practice and leadership in signed language interpreting
5. To influence and guide awareness and understanding of the sign language interpreting profession
6. To further the knowledge and expertise concerning the sign language interpreting profession
7. To engage with and advance the opportunities of under-represented practitioners and communities (i.e., Regional and remote, Deaf Relay interpreters, Deafblind and Indigenous)
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