Eesh, another SMBC that's aged poorly. This comes across as a ham-handed parody of the debate about Cochlear implants in the Deaf community, not Zach's intention but...

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Meh, that debate deserves it.

If you were T1 diabetic, would you not consider it a handicap and not use insulin appropriately? Both conditions are caused by dysfunction in the body, and are treatable.

Would you not use a cane or crutch if you had a malformed, untreatable condition in your leg?

And I say this as someone with a neuro disorder - If there was a surgery with an implant that could fix it, I'd be knocking at their door yesterday.

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How about, listening to the deaf community instead of random extrapolations about something you don’t know much about?

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