Deri,
>A bigger answer is for healthcare to be free at the point
>of delivery, then the big question would not arise.
I agree, but I don't see it happening in the US anytime soon.
How long are the waits in the UK for elective surgical procedures,
which a cochlear implant would be?
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----Original Message-----
From: Deri James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Update and Galludet U
Hi Kendall,
On Wednesday 18 October 2006 21:30, Kendall David Corbett wrote:
> I think that what the students at Gallaudet are trying to avoid is a
> society that sees them as "broken," and therefore in need of being
> "repaired." A similar argument can be made for those of us with
> mobility impairments - our differences make us who we are, so why
should
> we change to fit society's definition of "normal?"
>
> There are many people in the deaf community who would not benefit from
> cochlear implants. If implants become the norm, how much more
> marginalized would that make people who couldn't get them because they
> wouldn't work for them. A bigger question is what happens to those
> people who can't afford them?
A bigger answer is for healthcare to be free at the point of delivery,
then
the big question would not arise.
> IMHO, students at a school designed for people of any minority group,
> including the deaf, have a right (obligation?) to demand that the most
> visible representative of that institution be a person who represents
> that group well to the world. Again, IMHO, groups are best
represented
> by fully integrated members of that group.
> Can you imagine the NAACP choosing Michael Jackson as its president?
> ;-{)}
>
> Kendall
>
Cheers
Deri
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