November 21, 2017 - 11:52
After reading the article "Designing Deaf Babies", Singer's argument about how parents would never want disabled children came to my mind. I thought this was a great counter-example and even though I understand why many people would be skeptical about the idea of "designing" a disabled baby, I can see where the parents are coming from and that indicates that being deaf is in fact more than a medical condition, it is certainly a culture. I have still not completely understood how cochlear implants work and the extent to which a deaf person can hear with them, so I hope we clear that up in class. Finally, another question that I had about deaf culture is whether it is common or not for deaf people to adopt deaf children. I am curious to see where people stand on this topic.