Services
Everything we build is Deaf-led and designed in ASL. Here is what we offer now, and what we are building.
Deaf Interpreter Training — August 2026 intensive
A Deaf-led immersion intensive for Deaf interpreters, designed and led by a Certified Deaf Interpreter.
What makes it different: participants train in a sustained, fully ASL environment — the kind of immersion no classroom-only program offers.
Who it's for. Deaf interpreters building toward certification, and working interpreters seeking advanced Deaf-interpreting skill.
Funding. For eligible Deaf candidates, this training may be fundable through your state vocational rehabilitation agency as a vocational training service. Hearing interpreters attend on a self-pay basis.
Coming in August 2026. Exact dates depend on participant availability and will be announced July 5, 2026.
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Benefits Counseling — available late 2026
Work-incentives counseling for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people who receive SSDI or SSI and are navigating work, earnings, and how their benefits interact. Delivered by a Deaf practitioner, in ASL.
This service launches in late 2026.
Contact us to be notified when it opens →
ASL-First Educational Technology
Professional training materials — in development. We are developing video-based, ASL-first professional-development materials for interpreters and the Deaf-services workforce. Built by Deaf practitioners. Captioned to standard. Designed for self-paced and cohort use.
Interpreting assessment tools — now piloting. We are piloting AI-assisted tools that give interpreters structured, criterion-based feedback on their ASL↔English interpreting. These tools are in active pilot.
Contact us to follow this work or join a pilot →
For agencies, schools, and employers
Open Ridge also partners with vocational rehabilitation agencies, schools, and employers on registered apprenticeship sponsorship and employer-of-record support for Deaf and hard-of-hearing workers.