There are really people arguing against curing deafness?

Because fewer deaf people would mean those who remain deaf would have a smaller community looking out for their best interests. Or some nonsense like that.

Source: The Washington Post
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At a time when videos of deaf children hearing for the first time go viral, the recent advancements in gene therapy have been celebrated. But for many deaf people, those developments are not good news. They say it could pose a threat to the future of a rich and diverse deaf culture.

Gallaudet University believes that Deaf people are an essential part of human diversity and bring unique value to society,” the statement reads. “Our signed languages, cultures, knowledge, and ways of seeing the world benefit everyone. Deaf lives are not deficits to be corrected.”

History is filled with examples of societies trying to erase languages, cultures, and knowledge they did not value,” it says. “A humane future comes not from narrowing human diversity, but from learning to understand and live with one another.”

Gene editing has the potential to decrease the number of people who grow up deaf.


That’s part of the concern,” she said. “Who will be the ones who will be considering how the world needs to adapt to accommodate individuals who lose their hearing?”





So some people shouldn't get cured because it will negatively impact the lives of those who can't or don't want to get cured? I don't even know what to say.