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Post #34,827
by ben_tilly
4/9/02 7:51:27 AM
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New This doesn't surprise me
Deaf people, being unable to talk with most of the world, have evolved their own culture which involves a lot of pride in who and what they are. That a deaf person would want a deaf child therefore doesn't surprise me.

Any other disability I know of, would. But deaf does not.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #34,834
by drewk
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4/9/02 9:58:57 AM
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New I've heard that too (no pun intended)
There was another story a while back about deaf parents who refused to allow a hospital to perform an apparently fairly routine procedure to fix a minor birth defect that would eventually lead to deafness. They and the hospital ended up in court, the hosipital arguing that prohibiting the medical treatment was neglect. I'm pretty sure the parents won that one.
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     Reverse eugenics makes its debut - (marlowe) - (16) - April 8, 2002, 06:33:08 PM EDT
         I don't know what's good enough for them - (wharris2) - April 8, 2002, 06:42:36 PM EDT
         GAH. - (admin) - (7) - April 8, 2002, 07:12:11 PM EDT
             What you said. - (pwhysall) - April 8, 2002, 07:24:10 PM EDT
             Clearly a case for *the Dementors* - (Ashton) - (5) - April 8, 2002, 07:52:19 PM EDT
                 It's not like they actively disabled a childs hearing... - (Meerkat) - (4) - April 8, 2002, 08:54:11 PM EDT
                     You're missing the point - (wharris2) - (3) - April 9, 2002, 11:29:10 AM EDT
                         "It's a difference, not a defect." -NT - (drewk) - (2) - April 9, 2002, 11:38:39 AM EDT
                             Yeah, right. -NT - (wharris2) - April 9, 2002, 11:41:52 AM EDT
                             "It's not a bug, it's a feature." - (marlowe) - April 9, 2002, 02:21:28 PM EDT
         That is wacked - (JayMehaffey) - April 9, 2002, 12:32:01 AM EDT
         Original WashingtonPost story. - (Another Scott) - April 9, 2002, 05:48:11 AM EDT
         This doesn't surprise me - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 9, 2002, 07:51:27 AM EDT
             I've heard that too (no pun intended) - (drewk) - April 9, 2002, 09:58:57 AM EDT
         Initially I was pissed at them, - (boxley) - (2) - April 9, 2002, 10:02:02 AM EDT
             To straddle both sides of the fence firmly - - (Ashton) - (1) - April 9, 2002, 07:38:00 PM EDT
                 Ya lost me on the short cut - (boxley) - April 10, 2002, 09:18:23 AM EDT

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