Inaudible Nonsense

I’m in the process of looking at graduate programs in design. Simultaneously trying to figure out what kind of accommodations I’m going to need. As I’m not fluent in ASL, I’m leaning toward something like CART, but not every school is ecstatic about this choice. So in my quest to find a less biased opinion, I came across Anonymous Deaf Law Student, who happens to write about just this question:

Oh, how our lives are defined by these individuals! (interpreters and captionists, that is) They are the gatekeepers to our education and success. Scary, right? Oh, I could tell stories about bad interpreters and captionists until the cows go home, but I’m not going to do that. Instead, I’ll just look at the general pros and cons of both approaches (for me, at least).