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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: NAD Position Paper
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Date: 4 Apr 91 04:04:26 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Annie:  I NetMailed a copy of the NAD position paper on Cochlear
Implants to you and hope you got it.  It was too absurd to post in
the echo.  I suppose there always will be those who elect to choose
ignorance above knowledge - as some of the "Genetic Engineering"
opponents and now the NAD appear to do.  You and I, being deaf but
not Deaf, may never fully understand everything about the Deaf
community.  But have you noticed one curious thing?  All of these
passionate pleas to perpetuate deafness seem to be eminating from
sources dependent on the continuence of deafness for the continuence
of their current employment.  If deafness was wiped out, they'd have
to look for work.  Hmmm ... sure makes it easier to understand
their point of view :-)

... Carpe Diem!

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