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The problem is that you get hearing people go "well, there's a treatment, why should we change what we're doing to accept deaf people?" When there's a (potenti
by vertex-four 7y ago
The problem is that you get hearing people go "well, there's a treatment, why should we change what we're doing to accept deaf people?"
When there's a (potentially invasive/experience-altering) treatment which makes people more able to fit into existing society, that society will often pressure people into receiving that treatment. This is, obviously, rather upsetting, and I imagine a lot of deaf people would rather the treatment didn't exist.