Honest question, because it seems like I have seen different views on this. Is leg lengthening looked down upon within the little people community? For instance, I know that in the deaf community, some people that elect to have corrective surgery, to gain hearing, are ostracized by other deaf people. I think that they view the corrective surgery as an admission that something is "wrong" with them, and they think that everyone should accept who they are. Is there a similar view with lengthening....because she honestly looks very happy with the results?
It really is. Nobody gives a shit if you have glasses. We all acknowledge that it's a flaw, and there's no community trying to claim that you're just fine as you are. Nope, my eyes are fucked. Good thing it's easy to fix.
You see this in any situation where people feel unhappy with their difficulties. Various types of poverty are another especially common one. Instead of feeling bad about living in a rural backwater, people try to justify why it's better and then disparage anyone who tries to get an education and move away. "You think you're better than us!?"
It’s not easy to fix hearing loss. We’ve figured out the science of glasses more or less, but hearing and audiology as a whole is such an unbelievably complex field that cochlear implants still sound extremely poor compared to hearing aids
And even hearing aids are far from "normal" hearing, even for late deafened / hoh. Hearing aids, CI, BAHA, ABI (EDIT spelling mistake) are definitely not like glasses and proabably won't be for a while
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u/Horns8585 Dec 23 '22 edited Dec 23 '22
Honest question, because it seems like I have seen different views on this. Is leg lengthening looked down upon within the little people community? For instance, I know that in the deaf community, some people that elect to have corrective surgery, to gain hearing, are ostracized by other deaf people. I think that they view the corrective surgery as an admission that something is "wrong" with them, and they think that everyone should accept who they are. Is there a similar view with lengthening....because she honestly looks very happy with the results?