Victims From Birth Analysis

In society, there are many different individuals in the world that suffer from some sort of disability. Not everyone gets the chance to live a normal life because they might have a problem or sickness that they have to overcome. In the article “Victims from Birth” founding Editor Wendy McElroy, provides the story of Gauvin Hughes McCullough, whose deaf parents deny him a hearing aid, hoping he would grow up and be just like them. The lesbian couple were delighted to have Gauvin, their child to be born with a hearing disability because he would most likely be involved with the deaf culture. We see how parents want their child to be exactly like them but that isn’t right. A child is going to grow up wanting to make choices and its their decision to decide if they want …show more content…
Levy notes that the deaf will “always [be] restricted to a narrower range of jobs.” Some jobs are difficult to do when an individual is disabled. Gauvin can become a law enforcement officer just like others. For example, him and his partner might get a call for a domestic violence case and when they get to the scene, bunch of people are fighting. When Gauvin separates everyone, he tries to take a police report by trying to get information from the individuals. Since they are talking really fast and keep turning around, he cant fully understand what they are saying so it will be difficult for him to get an accurate report of the scene. Another career that might be difficult for a deaf individual might be a fire fighter. Gauvin can be on the job and trying to set out a fire when a wind warning can occur. Although other fire fighters are on the job, he might not hear it and by the time he realizes the wind is coming towards him, it will be too late. Careers like that might be available to deaf individuals like Gauvin but they might have a hard time in the