"My goal is to assure that anyone who uses American Sign Language and anyone who uses spoken English have no barriers in communicating or understanding each other."
-DIANA KAUTZKY, PRESIDENT/OWNER
400 Locust Street
Suite 170 @ Capital Square
Des Moines, IA 50309
Deaf Services Unlimited provides 24 hour services
Office hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Call us at:
515.243.4455 voice
515.243.3390 tty
800.930.2580 toll free
Fax us at:
515.237.3917
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- Interpreters Live! was founded in 1997 to provide sign language interpreting for performing arts events as well as other public speaking forums. Check out the playbill for the full story of Interpreters Live!
- For a listing of upcoming interpreted performances, see our Calendar of Events
- To learn more about the "Interpreting for the Theatre Workshop" visit the Theatre Development Fund website
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DSU Language and Culture Institute:
Interested in developing and sharpening your skills, preparing for the national certification test or just learning about language and culture issues. Deaf Services Unlimited now offers opportunities for growth and development through professional development seminars sponsored the DSU Language and Culture Institute. These training sessions offer you a safe environment for practice and enhancement of your interpreting skills while earning CEU credits required to maintain your licensure/ certification. Activities include small group discussions on contemporary issues, mini-workshops through "DSU Wired" (a video-conference series offered at remote sites around the state through the ICN), presentations from distinguished Deaf professionals as well as conferences and hands-on voicing and signing exercises.
- For information on the upcoming DSU Language and Culture Institute programs and schedule of events, check out our Calendar of Events
To learn more about becoming a nationally certified interpreter, what the federal requirements are for providing equal access, who to contact on aspects related to the Deaf Community or how to become a licensed interpreter in Iowa, visit any of the following websites to learn more.
- Are you interested in choosing your own work hours, knowing that professionals on our staff are taking care of all the negotiating, billing, collections, scheduling and detail-work so that you can do what you do best? Interpret!
- By contracting your interpreting services through Deaf Services Unlimited, DSU delivers to you the business side of interpreting. It is great to be "In Business for Yourself, Not by Yourself!" We offer you a multitude of interpreting opportunities that come into our office daily, all over the country. Enjoy the perks of being an Independent Contractor through DSU and learn how to become eligible for trips, prizes and more. You will also receive our monthly newsletter, the DSU Buzz, to stay abreast of all of the news, events and activities of interest. To contract your interpreting services with us contact DSU at 515/ 243-4455.
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