DO NOT USE relatives to translate, either at system assessment level or at GP's or anywhere where an personal decision is paramount, ALWAYS insist on the state complying with the law by providing neutral and professional interpreting. If you cannot use an terp you cannot use family either with any confidence. We should be banning relatives doing interpreting work unless they have professional qualifications, even then, NOT allowed to interpret for family members on the grounds of non-neutrality.
Refuse outright any assessment undertaken without professional support, and FORCE the system to comply with the law of the land, no interpreters, NO assessment. NO demand is why UK deaf are struggling with 3 terps for 200 people and, it's their OWN fault !
Do NOT be swayed by unprofessional deaf charities that assist the system to ignore professional support options, by roping in DIY terps of the street. In the UK 4 out of 5 deaf charities are actually denying deaf their rights, and allowing the equality law to be used to do that. There are also deaf charities who are willing to provide cheap and unprofessional help to deaf people, simply to keep their own charity going, and assisted the state to deny deaf their legal right, under the right of 'free choice', It's free all right ! the state doesn't have to pay either for the terp, or, for any mistakes you make !
Deaf people themselves have to wake up to the fact, the reliance on unprofessional help isn't an only option, and refuse to assist the state or anyone else, by providing their own, if they don't how the hell do they expect access to happen, or free choice to happen ? It's a sham. Never heard of creating demand ? We need a ban of choice of deaf support, the medical system is asking for it, insurance companies are asking for it, and deaf frankly should be complying. either they want choice or they don't, there is no middle road.
Well in America the only one place that not allowed family to interpreter is in court.
ReplyDeleteAnything else than court, we can use family for interpreter.
Makes no sense. If an court demands you must have neutral representation, then why not the Hospitals, Drs and everyone else connected with the 'system ? Perhaps USA deaf can still sue if your family messes up for you, here it can't because the deaf right to choose invalidates it,and your mistake whether down to your family or not, is YOUR mistake and you pay, in an medical issue, downright dangerous ! Do you sign wavers if your family stuffs up ?
ReplyDeleteMy family signs fine for me. For others family... Depends on how skill their family signs. If they don't sign well, then they should get a professional interpreter. I prefer have professional interpreter, but my family is fine for me. I do have professional interpreter while I was in hospital.
ReplyDeleteIt is three things, accuracy/neutrality of information received, and demand, followed by real rights. E.G you have to make an will cutting out your nearest and dearest ! yopu don't want them there when you do that ! nor for handling your bank accounts or money, nor, (Again an example), you discussing sexual and other matters with your Dr. There are other areas too. MY reason for not wanting family doing the support, is mostly they receive no wage if they lose work, and tend to take the easiest route in explanations too. The UK had 3 examples of children under 10 years of age being used to translate in emergency/hospital situations, deaf won that right ! but the defa aptient was put at unaccep[table risk as a result. It helps to create neutral professional demand to avoid this, no-one is saying you can't take family with you, I am saying unless they have qualifications in support for deaf people, they should NOT be doing that, I've canvassed Coda's and they prefer not to do it, but feel obliged to because of parental pressure.
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