Tachau Paul Dr Optometrist

Very disappointed with Dr Tachau and his Albuquerque office! NOT DEAF FRIENDLY! My son is deaf. We asked for an interpreter when we made my son’s appointment and received some hesitation. Im aware that not everyone knows the laws. I am happy to educate, provide numbers, etc. When I received a confirmation text a few weeks before the appointment I asked about the interpreter and was told that Dr Tachau was not comfortable with having an interpreter in the room and that we should find a pediatric eye doctor. They were aware of my sons age when i made this appt. I asked the lady if it was my sons age or because he was deaf that they thought i should find another doctor. Her response was «the doctor is not comfortable with the interpreter in the room». We were not scheduled with Dr Tachau but with the other doctor in his office. So I asked, «if my son was the same age and was hearing, would you see him?» I received the same response, «the doctor is not comfortable with an interpreter in the room.» We talked to Dr Tachau himself and he told us my son didn’t need an interpreter for various reasons. He has never met my son! How would he know if he needed an interpreter or not? When we wouldn’t give up on getting one he finally agreed and hung up on my husband. I called his Albuquerque office a week or so later to cancel the appointment, having decided my son didn’t need a doctor with this attitude toward the deaf, and we had already been taken out of the schedule. I was told my son was not a patient there. Apparently they had already made the decision for us! It feels alot like discrimination to me!