> I think it is because everybody can accept that blindness is a defect. Eyes are supposed to see. If they don't they are broken. Perhaps I should have said 'v

> I think it is because everybody can accept that blindness is a defect. Eyes are supposed to see. If they don't they are broken. Perhaps I should have said 'visual impairment' research, as that sort of thing is also a spectrum. I'm also quite visually impaired, but I'm far less concerned with that because I can live with it. Still, what about deafness research?