• stoly@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    There is actually a strong feeling in much of the deaf/heard of hearing community against cochlear implants because it is “othering” them in the process.

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      9 months ago

      Which is stupid because they were “othered” by their physical disability and are being returned to the fold by having that ability restored.

      Also it’s a minority of deaf egoists who think they’re special because they lack normal capacity and turned their disability into their personality, not some strong feeling in much of the community.

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      9 months ago

      I’d find it hard to believe people paralyzed from the neck down would share similar views.

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        9 months ago

        Again it’s not a huge pool, but one. One paralyzed lady who thinks this an atrocious idea. But I bet its more than you’ve asked personally!

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            9 months ago

            I’ve healed various parts of myself that have been fucked up, mostly mentally and emotionally, and when I’ve found myself normally able, the first reaction I have is grief. For all the years before I even knew such things existed.

            I steer, on purpose, into gratitude, and I take what I can get. But there’s a little secondary voice that wants to be bitter and hold it against people who had the ability while young.

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              9 months ago

              As someone with physical disabilities I grieve the life I had before them and the things in life I won’t be able to do in the future. Like spend a full lifetime with my kids.

              Bitterness is not a reason to avoid a cure if one is available.

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            9 months ago

            I lack the eloquence to describe the look on her face when she found out about it. But her answer was, “Oh, great, so I can trade in the problems I have now for new ones we can’t even accommodate yet!”

            She’s very much an enemy you know type of person.

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      9 months ago

      Just because a culture adopts a narrative doesn’t mean it’s the only functional narrative.

      It’s just as feasible for someone to think “hey new sense, fuckin sweet!” or even “Hey new sense, nah I’m good”, and in both responses not find any insult at all in the offer.