Essay On Deaf People

Raising a child is difficult task. Although times have changed and our society is more accepting than it used to be, intentionally bringing a child with a disability into the world is morally and ethically wrong. Sharon Duchesneau and Candy McCullough are a deaf lesbian couple. They are also the parents of two deaf children. Sharon and Candy specifically chose a sperm donor that was deaf, and used his sperm to conceive both of their children. They chose this sperm donor because they wanted their children to be deaf, like them. This is an act of selfishness. Deaf people lead more difficult lives than hearing people, it is more convenient to be able to hear rather than to be deaf. Presumptions about the horrors of deafness are usually made by those not living deaf lives (Bauman, 2005). Both Sharon and Candy suffered as children because were deaf, feeling excluded and like they were disliked. They claim that times have changed, and people are more accepting of deaf people. Do they have the …show more content…
As most cultures do, the deaf community help each other out and have a special way of communicating (Spriggs, 2002). They view their deafness as a cultural identity. Deaf people share the same language, which means they are a part of a culture with which they can identify. They share the same ways of life and values such as the same technology – flashing lights in the home and text phones, common beliefs, games, humour, history and poetry (Bauman, 2005). Most parents in the world will groom their child to have the same beliefs as them but all children have free choice to believe in what they want. A deaf child has no choice whether or not to be deaf. The couple also aren’t allowing their child to use hearing aids, which would help their son be able to hear (Spriggs, 2002). Sharon and Candy have no right to choose what their children’s life has to be like. They have free choice to be