>-> Once upon a time being left handed was considered a 'disorder'... and
 >-> being 'gay' likewise.

 >  WC> I'm left handed and dyslexic.
 >  WC> Dyslexia is tied to poor development of socail skills and I can't
 >  WC> debate that.


 >  Yes and even now if you're 'different' in ANY WAY
 > from what MOST
 > people are, your 'difference' is seen as an
 > "ABNORMALITY" that MUST be
 > FIXED....

 > Recently in our paper there's a feature about a play
 > given by a local
 > HS (high school) about parents wanting to get their
 > deaf 7 year old a
 > CI (Cochlear implant)... (don't get me started).

 > I learned two things from this article.

 > 1. The Deaf (born deaf) community do not regard
 > themselves ad
 > 'disabled'...

 > 2. Besides the FACT CI's do not restore full hearing
 > (tone wise
 > required for speech indentation for example)- in all
 > individuals and
 > I will tell you another fact: silence is preferable to
 > noise...
 > besides these two 'shuts them up every time" facts
 > CI's can pose a
 > danger (read: serious injury) to the wearer should
 > they receive a blow to
 > the head.

 > This info needs to be known by the general public. So
 > when they meet a
 > latent deaf/deaf or HOH (hard of hearing) person they
 > might THINK before
 > brightly well intentionally bringing the subject up.
 > ((Especially to a
 > born deaf ("DEAF" ) person. You may as well stick your
 > hand into hot fire...
 > Do us all us hearing impaired persons a favor. Don't.
 > We already KNOW.

 > I'm working on a witty comeback for next time. Any
 > suggestions? George?
 > you're my best bet with witty comebacks! :)

 > How about...(someone Innocently asks : "have you heard
 > of Cochlear
 > implants.....  "Why yes and  have you heard of frontal
 > lobe implants?"
 > 7Oh something like that...
 > ...............................

 >-> What do you think? Is medical science defining conditions based on
 >-> status quo?

 >-> I always thought conditions were 'disorders' if they interfere with
 >-> being able to function in a way that lends to self support...''

 >-> Give me your thoughts. Thank you.

 >  WC> I think genetics plays a larger role than credited with and
 >  WC> that our evolution as a species lags far behind our social
 >  WC> development.

 >  Yes but people don't take Biology and genetics
 > anymore Wayne. Not
 > down in the deep south anyway and not unless they WANT
 > to. So most
 > people wouldn't know what a gene is if their life
 > depended on it or
 > they rely on the (coughing hacking choking) "christian
 > science"
 > definition. (let's not go there and say we did.)

 > Social development does lag yes... and's lagging due
 > to the fact
 > ignorance and willful stupidity seem to be dominant
 > traits in human beings.
 > Sell more papers too.

The biggest obstacles to social development, lately, are constant TV
viewing, constant electronic gaming, constant cellphone chatter, constant
Internet browsing ...

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