Originally posted by Charlaquin
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Ok, several things.
Let me rephrase that. I think that it is ok for children to receive implants. I believe that, if it is serious enough, that children be mandated to have cochlear implants. I think that , if a parent was to bar his/ her child from getting a hearing aid or cochlear implant, not out of grounds of medical cost or fear of the surgery, but instead because he or she wishes to preserve deaf culture, then that parent is in the wrong and should be prosecuted for child abuse.
I also think that in IVF, choosing to have deaf children instead of children with no hearing disability is, frankly, grotesque. Whether for sharing in the experiences of deaf parents, or some other reason. We do not allow children to be deafened by their parents. We should not let parents deliberately conceive deaf children either.
I believe that people and their claims that curing deafness is threatening their culture and is commiting genocide to be inane and dumb.
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