“A Deaf Person’s Ethical Perspective why forcing Cochlear Implantation is Wrong”
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Extra Credit Paper
Dr. Mark Packer
Eric G. Shuping
April 1, 2015
“A Deaf Person’s Ethical Perspective why forcing Cochlear Implantation is Wrong” As a deaf person, I look at our deaf society to be something of value and cherished for such a long time because we are such a small society. Being deaf while growing up in a hearing society, people treat us as if we are “disabled” like something is wrong with us. In our perspective nothing is wrong with us, we just cannot hear. In reality, the medical field thinks of this entirely different. The medical field believes that if they are able to fix our hearing using an implantation …show more content…
To take advantage of this, hearing people assume that this will help lead the next generation of deaf people into the hearing world in a better place, but what they do not realize is not everyone wants to be fixed to be able to meet the standards in the hearing world. Deaf Culture, what is it? Glenn Hladek states, “Culture is defined as the ideas, customs, skills, and arts of a given people in a given period. A common language is generally accepted as necessary to share these aspects of the culture. The Deaf culture is a group of individuals, generally born-deaf, and who communicate with American Sign Language (ASL).” (Hladek) Our Deaf culture is a community filled with rich history that we cherish. We regard our culture and language, American Sign Language, to be of the norm rather than see ourselves being labeled “disabled.” Our deafness is what defines us, it not only makes us work harder to gain something that we inspire to do, but it makes us work harder to show the hearing society that we are normal just like everyone else. You may feel like we are an “isolated group” that does not see how the real world functions, but we do. Our culture is not isolated; we fight for our rights just
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Extra Credit Paper
Dr. Mark Packer
Eric G. Shuping
April 1, 2015
“A Deaf Person’s Ethical Perspective why forcing Cochlear Implantation is Wrong” As a deaf person, I look at our deaf society to be something of value and cherished for such a long time because we are such a small society. Being deaf while growing up in a hearing society, people treat us as if we are “disabled” like something is wrong with us. In our perspective nothing is wrong with us, we just cannot hear. In reality, the medical field thinks of this entirely different. The medical field believes that if they are able to fix our hearing using an implantation …show more content…
To take advantage of this, hearing people assume that this will help lead the next generation of deaf people into the hearing world in a better place, but what they do not realize is not everyone wants to be fixed to be able to meet the standards in the hearing world. Deaf Culture, what is it? Glenn Hladek states, “Culture is defined as the ideas, customs, skills, and arts of a given people in a given period. A common language is generally accepted as necessary to share these aspects of the culture. The Deaf culture is a group of individuals, generally born-deaf, and who communicate with American Sign Language (ASL).” (Hladek) Our Deaf culture is a community filled with rich history that we cherish. We regard our culture and language, American Sign Language, to be of the norm rather than see ourselves being labeled “disabled.” Our deafness is what defines us, it not only makes us work harder to gain something that we inspire to do, but it makes us work harder to show the hearing society that we are normal just like everyone else. You may feel like we are an “isolated group” that does not see how the real world functions, but we do. Our culture is not isolated; we fight for our rights just