Originally Posted by deafbajagal

I use an interpreter at the doctor's office most of the time (depending on the situation). If it was just a check up, then nah - but if it was serious, like how did I get horns coming out of my head? Then yes, I'll need an interpreter.

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.