How do you feel about going to doctors?

[ClearSky]

I read lips with them. I would feel uncomfortable with an interpreter hearing my problems through to a psychologist.

An interpreter told me that there was an interpreter who went with a deaf woman to find out if she was pregnant. The interpreter told other people saying how cute about the baby, etc. Well, the husband found out somehow because the wife was keeping it a secret to surprise him.

It's important to follow the code of ethics. The deaf community can be small in many areas. Some people have heard about me when I have never even met them.

 

[Leeriesan]

unbelievable

I had a really bad experience with an interpreter at the doctor's office before - and because of this experience, I'm a little leery about interpreters. The terp went as far as asking for personal information from the office (which they gave, and that's ILLEGAL) to obtain my mother's phone number and called her about what happened (and that is seriously against the RID Code of Ethics)...to make it even worse (if that's possible) - the information she gave was incorrect. She made assumptions about what happened, so it wasn't all facts. My mother came to my house and was VERY UPSET - she thought I was dying from cancer, etc. which wasn't true. I immediately called the interpreter agency and filed a grievance. I also contacted many deaf people in the community to warn them of her actions and not to use her as an interpreter.

Wow - I am an interpreting major and this is incredible!! Not only is that against everything you are taught and the code of ethics...its just common sense! I think my ITP teacher would faint if she heard about this...