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That's an extremely odd attitude.

• TallGuyShort 13y ago
  It's like the "cure" for the mutant gene in X-men. Saying it needs to be cured can be interpreted as saying "it's bad that you have Down's Syndrome". Giving someone enhanced mental capacity would certainly help them, but I think for someone who's used to accepting and loving others for who they are, it isn't necessarily odd to have an uncomfortable reaction to the idea of "curing" them - even if, objectively, it's helping them.
• Jtsummers 13y ago
  It relates a bit to some of the discontinuities that have occurred between deaf communities and researchers working to correct the issues. Cochlear implants were not seen as a positive development by some (many?) deaf people. The same attitude will have to be dealt with, to some extent, with anything that significantly alters a persons sensory or cognitive ability when a culture has developed around those limitations.
• mentat 13y ago
  Actually there's a similar attitude in the culturally Deaf. Their identity as it relates to their Deafness means that they even look down on those who try to make accommodations with having any hearing, the worst being a cochlear implant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_culture