I didn’t say they were being denied the choice, I am saying that it seems like there are some deaf groups that would deny them the choice. Multiple people on here have posted about such.
I think “saying people should make a different choice” is fundamentally different than “denying people a choice.” It seems we’re not going to agree here.
I suppose it ok to advise someone not the take the cure, as long it is remains that person’s choice.
but how often does it happen that parents get the right to deny their kids the cure to something?
Cure to some, changing their identity from a deaf person to a hearing person to others. Will opting them out as a child mean they’ll be unable to take an implant when they turn 18? Nope, that choice is still out there for them to freely make–a very different scenario from Christian Scientists who don’t let their kids have antibiotics.
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we were also talking about autism. Curing autism in order to do any good, would have to be done before brain development.
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As for deaf people, yeah they can opt for an implant at age 18, there can be problems with that. Speech for example. In order to be able to speak normally, they would have to get the implants as a child. I think it would be much easier as a child, when they are in a school environment already. I suppose they could get the implants at 18 and still learn to speak normally, but it could take several years. Also if you deny them the implants until age 18, you deny a childhood of being able to hear. Think about that.