The important part in the argument above is allowing people to decide for themselves. The boarding schools were about government "saving" children by not allow

The important part in the argument above is allowing people to decide for themselves. The boarding schools were about government "saving" children by not allowing children and their parents to choose. The people who are unhappy about cochlear implants, want to "save" deaf culture by not allowing some other people to choose for themselves whether they want to be death or not. So the similarity is the other around.