Originally posted by Justine:
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The oppposite is true for Deaf people I know. They are completely satisfied with communication in sign language and are insulted when someone feels pity for them. And many of them fear the advances in technology, especially the cohlear implant, because it threatens the Deaf community and Deaf culture...............................>
shared life experience together creates a new a cherished "Deaf World".
Yeah well if you are born deaf, you have no other alternative than to live with what you got.
You say these people fear and resent the advances in technology and science?
Do you realise that there are thousands, millions of people who would not be alive today or able to cope in our modern society were it not for the Sciences.
There is so much done for what I call 'the Born Disabled' today. That it is begining to infring upon society as a whole. even slowing down the whole pace of life and evolution.
The disabled, should be the first to embrace technology and science, for without the scientist, they would nor have the -Ear implants, -Cataract removals- Prosthetic limbs- Wheelchairs,-Braille books- Special easy slopes, and handrails into Banks and Public buildings, - Wide entrances to Toilets, Buses - Trains. - Given supervised jobs in factorys.-Special clubs and Outings arranged by 'Trained carers' and Food preparers. Not forgetting the Doctors and Drug manufacturers, who all contribute in a scientific way to keep these people alive, and 'living' after their fashion.
Yep there is money involved, and salarys paid, but were Science not supported and even Goverments (were they to find themselves short funded) these people would vegitate and die bored, in our world. Tired of the difficulties of the life many of them were born into, often thru the sins of their parents.
Who may have damaged their unborn children by the taking of chemicals or drugs. And even the unfortunate....but natural occurence of two people, mating, both carrying a dominant illness or sick gene.
The born disabled,...what ever the reason should embrace Science, it is their reason for living together tentatively, in their world, and existing, with the help of technology from our world.....in our world.