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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: NAD Position Paper
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Date: 11 Apr 91 04:39:52 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 JC> Putting a hearing aid, or a cochlear implant, onto a deaf
 JC> person does not make a hearing person.

I don't know anyone who would seriously contend that it did, Jay.

But if that is supposed to be an argument against aids and implants,
it surely misses the mark.  I use hearing aids because they help me,
not because I'm pretending to be hearing, or think it's fun to stuff
hardware in my ear.  Ann doesn't use 'em - because they don't help
her.  Frank uses 'em, so does Stu, so does Vixen.  The point is, it's
different strokes for different folks.  It's irrational to consider
people wrong, just because something that works for them does not
work for everyone.

I am truly bewildered by those proponents who see only one model for
deafness, who contend that ALL children should be taught in ASL - or
that ALL should be Mainstreamed.  Or that NO child should have the
option of a cochlear implant.  Anyone contending that must think all
deaf people are mindless clones of themselves.  How arrogant!  How
self-serving can one be ??

... Pax vobiscum.

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