07-08-2024, 05:43 AM
(07-07-2024, 09:36 PM)Boredfrom wrote:Alek wrote:Alana is right in that she's pulling information correctly from the Microsoft inclusive guidelines correctly. However, it is worth highlighting that I have heard people in the disability community upset by the use of this term on the basis that 'disability' is their identity and that you ultimately, can't acquire that temporarily or situationally.
Wait, WHAT!
Who willingly makes a disability an identity?
Deaf people.
Quote:Cochlear implants have been controversial around the Deaf community ever since they first were made available to the public. Those who oppose cochlear implants even refer to it as "cultural genocide," as it lessens the prevalence and importance of Deaf culture.
Some absolute nutters in there, refusing to get their kids cochlear implants, etc.