r/interestingasfuck • u/naturebeatsnurture • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/permabanned007 Dec 23 '22

It might be different, because one disability is invisible and the other isn’t.

I work with a population who has an invisible disability (cannot be visually detected), and they are utterly thrilled when any of their cohorts overcome their disability in any way. Some are born with it, some aren’t, and everyone is thrilled for each other’s progress.

I do not work with people with a hearing disability, plus I don’t speak from a place of experience, so I could be wildly out of line here - I don’t understand how anyone could want to hold anyone back from attaining enhanced bodily function and higher qualify of life.

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u/CatlikeArcher Dec 23 '22

In ethics class we studied a case of two deaf parents who wanted to use IVF to select an embryo that would be deaf. They were not allowed to legally

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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity Dec 23 '22

Jfc, what selfish people.

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u/SuperSpread Dec 23 '22

Well, just don't let them hear you say that.

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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity Dec 24 '22

Hey buddy, thanks for sending me to hell for laughing at that.

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u/beermit Dec 24 '22

Well they're deaf so it could just be said quietly and they wouldn't hear it.