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Are you genuinely curious or do you have an axe to grind? Have you seen anyone accuse such an invention as ableist? This is exactly what new technology is suppo
by CTmystery 5y ago
Are you genuinely curious or do you have an axe to grind? Have you seen anyone accuse such an invention as ableist? This is exactly what new technology is supposed to do: make things possible that were previously difficult or impossible. I don't see how any of the culture wars in vogue have anything to do with it.
- nemo44x 5y agohttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-and-philosophy/202008/controversy-surrounding-the-drive-cure-deafness https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-and-philosop...
- zuminator 5y ago1) Anyone can take a controversial position. But I'd want to read something more than a rather minimal Psychology Today article to conclude that this is indicative of "today's culture" and not just an opinion of a fringe minority. 2) In any event the deaf community is rather unique compared with other disabled groups in general. A substantial number of deaf/hearing impaired people are born that way and grow up in a community with its own language and culture, a community that would be for better or worse disrupted by a "cure." Other disabled groups tend not to have a separate strong cultural identity as such. It is true that there are instances of individual blind people who were "cured" of blindness and found the experience so disorienting that they fell into a deep depression [0], but as far as I know, they didn't advocate for an end to blindness research. [0] https://www.npr.org/transcripts/10382528 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/10382528