Comments on: Is it Selfish to Intentionally Make a Deaf Child?

By: Liked sex

Liked sex — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:21:42 +0000

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By: Sacha

Sacha — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:47:26 +0000

The Trinity, of course! :)

By: Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

Teresa Blankmeyer Burke — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:00:58 +0000

Marylanders - I couldn’t find the Peter Singer reference in this link, even after doing a blog search. Can you tell me which post to look at? Or better yet, the primary source from Singer - is it from Practical Ethics?

Thanks from a not yet tenured faculty member :)

By: A Deaf Pundit

A Deaf Pundit — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:56:00 +0000

I think you need to go back and re-read my comment more carefully.

By: rushgrrl

rushgrrl — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:20:38 +0000

I am not sure how you can perceive this issue as preserving a culture or language. Being deaf is a handicap, unlike being black, or irish, or speaking french. When it comes to life, I don’t think humans should try to play God. If a child is born deaf, than that child is to be celebrated as much as any other child. But for us to chose whether a child should have down syndrome or be deaf, or smart, or blonde…this is not our place.

I think you need to look into your social stigma a little further and discover that especially in this case, the only ones with a social stigma are the parents who choose to have only a deaf child.

By: Marylanders

Marylanders — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:37:10 +0000

see http://notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.com/

so that what people do in the universities, using academic tenure to said things we the real people cannot said in the workplace.

By: MM

MM — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:55:55 +0000

Blogs aren’t valid statistics ! even if you add up ALL the blogs pro a deaf child on deaf.read, they represent next to no majority view anywhere. NO surveys have been done at all, it’s just an debate in isolation on a deaf blogging site, what is lacking is real perspective.

By: Vikki

Vikki — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:20:26 +0000

Gotta give props to Thor…

By: kim

kim — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:00:52 +0000

Ben,
I understand what you’re saying here, but the way you put it made it sound like you think Deaf parents are lobbying to make a hearing child DEAF. We’re talking about allowing Deaf children to be born– who would have always been Deaf from birth. No one is choosing to make them Deaf. They are simply choosing to allow them to be born. To me, this is the big difference.

The reality is many parents make a similar choice every day. We can identify birth defects through ultrasound, which is done routinely in pregnancies. Parents oftne choose to have their babies knowing the child will have Downs syndrome, and a number of other problems. Is THAT child abuse? Should we force abortion because those babies will cost us money down the line?

By comparison, Deafness isn’t that costly. Deaf children are relatively healthy and can lead long productive lives, contributing to society. Many have accomplished remarkable things.

By: Is it Unethical To Intentionally Conceive a Deaf Child? - LeoPercipied

Is it Unethical To Intentionally Conceive a Deaf Child? - LeoPercipied — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:29:44 +0000

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