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[Ghoulish Delight]

I suppose we should do away with prosthetics for people born without limbs? Surgeries that correct things like club foot?

It seems to me it's a matter of people unable to see the forest for the trees. Unable to see the hypocracy of "Don't you dare alter yourself to fit in with the group...you must fit in with OUR group!" I can see how the mentality can come to be, but I think it's one that's coming from a distorted perspective.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I suppose we should do away with prosthetics for people born without limbs? Surgeries that correct things like club foot?

It seems to me it's a matter of people unable to see the forest for the trees. Unable to see the hypocracy of "Don't you dare alter yourself to fit in with the group...you must fit in with OUR group!" I can see how the mentality can come to be, but I think it's one that's coming from a distorted perspective.

I agree. And I grew up with a foot firmly planted in the deaf community. (My mom was an interpreter and I had several deaf friends.)

I think the biracial comment is an interesting one, Wendy. From school, I remember being weirded out by kids with hearing aids (kids tend to assume retarded, I think), but I don't recall ever seeing a hard of hearing person at any deaf functions.