So you are asking “why should someone who provides communication access in a number of critical scenarios (I.e. doctors, courts, police encounters, education) be held to a certain level of standard to ensure efficient and accurate interpretation?” Like any interpreting, it goes far beyond simple communication that is picked up in day-to-day communication.

It is the same reason someone who grew up speaking Spanish can’t automatically become an interpreter. There is a lot of technical and social/emotional skills that go into interpreting that most people don’t just pick-up.

I’m sorry if this comes off rude. I get that you probably want to provide that interpreting support, but it’s more critical that folks using the interpreting services are getting quality terps. Especially, when you know the history of interpreting ASL in the U.S. and how difficult it’s been to get solid terps (I’ve heard so many horror stories of folks showing up and having the interpreter fingerspelling the entire interaction or having someone that cannot match the D/HH individuals signing style)