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I wouldn't want kids but if I did I would be happy to have a deaf child or a blind child.

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Hear Again

Same here. While chidren are not in my immediate future, I wouldn't be opposed to having a deaf, blind or deafblind child.

Lantana

If you had a hairlip and a cleft palate would you want your child to have the same?

Why purposely breed for imperfect children? So that the whole family can live off of SSI and Welfare?

I can understand ADOPTING an imperfect child, they certainly need the love and security that we have to offer, but to purposely plan and target a child to be deaf? No! Utter stupidity to suggest it.

IF I gave birth to a deaf child, or IF my own children did, or even my great grandchildren did, they would be accepted with love and understanding. But I would not WISH deafness on anyone!

Lantana

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jillio

I personally don't see deaf chidlren as imperfect. And then to imply that Deaf families all live off of welfare and SSI is absolutely absurd. Are you being intentionall insulting, or do you just have a problem with pragmatics?

Lantana

Well, if being deaf is NOT being imperfect, then a few million deaf people should NOT be on Disability.

Lantana

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Cloggy

Perhaps:
"If being deaf is NOT a disability, then a few million deaf people should NOT be on Disability."

jillio

So hearing people are perfect? And disability is not an imperfection....it is a disability. Your phrasing implies that without the disability, perfection has been achieved. I find that disturbing, in particular for the message it gives to a disabled child.

And, exactly where do you get yoru figures regarding "a few million deaf people" and disability payments. Exactly what kind of disability payments are you talking about? And where do your figures come from?

jillio

I never said it wasn't considered a disabiltiy....what I said was it did not make a child "imperfect." As the parent of a deaf child, do you consider your deaf daughter to be imperfect and your hearing children to be perfect?

Think about what you are responding to cloggy, rather than just jumping in because you see my name pon the post.

Cloggy

I wasn't responding to you, it was in responsed to Lantana's post.

You might have the idea that everything is about you... in the real world, it is NOT!

No apology expected..

jillio

None offered. And once again, you manage not to answer questions.

shel90

Whoa!!! deaf children are imperfect???

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Cheri

Hearing people are imperfection too, have you noticed there's some hearing people with disabilities. there's learning disability, there's reading disability, I could go on but I'm sure you got my point. Let's not forget there's some hearing people on welfare.

no one is perfect in this entire world, Lantana.

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vallee

It took 8 years for my husband and I to have our wonderful daughter. I remember in-laws asking could my child be deaf/HOH. They were very worried about it, to the point that I refused to see them or have them at my house. My husband and I stated it did not matter because our child would be loved no matter if she had health issues or hearing issues. She was perfect to us and she is.

A child is a gift from God- each and every child. And everyday I look into the my child's eyes and thank God for allowing me the joy of being her mom. It would not matter if she was deaf/hoh or not.

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Cheri

Beautifully said.

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shel90

Dont blame u. I remember when my mom was with her ex boyfriend and she was pregnant with my 2nd brother. I was 16 at the time. I remember him badgering my mom about how the baby better not be deaf like my brother and I are. He just kept going on and on about it and I remember feeling this worse shame about myself cuz I thought that was all how hearing people saw us, deaf people. It was awful. I am sure he made my mom feel like crap too.

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Cheri

My mom was the same way, in fact after my first child was born, she had a nerve to call in the hospital to ask if her grandson was either deaf or hearing, and if he was deaf then she wasn't gonna come, she wanted the doctor to do a hearing test before she comes to the hospital to see her grandson.

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Lantana

I agree with Cloggy. There are people who turn every conversation into something about THEM.

Let's leave personal generalizations out when we can and use some common sense.

It GOES WITHOUT SAYING that today's deaf person lives at the goverment's expense. ' While people MY age always worked, no matter what, and supported their families the best they could. Why? BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SSI IN THOSE DAYS.

If you want deaf children, fine, make them. But please do not hand them to the tax payers to support!

Lantana

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vallee

All I can go on is my experiences, I have not had SSI. I work. I have private insurance and support my family. I went to college. so not all deaf people live at the governments expenses.

there are many people in need of government assistances, it was created to assist.

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jillio

This is without a doubt the most innaccurate and bigoted comment made for quite some time. If you are going to make accusations such as that, you certainly need to be prepared to back them up with statistics and citations.

jillio

Exactly. In fact, the vast majority of those who receive disability disbursements in the form of SSI or SSDI are not deaf.

shel90

I dont live off on SSI...I have a full time job and I pay my taxes so your point is????

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Cloggy

Jillio, can you back up your statement "This is without a doubt the most innaccurate and bigoted comment made for quite some time" with statistics and citations?

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shel90

If all deaf people were living off on SSI now, then my coworkers and I wouldnt be working now. What more statistics do u need?

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vallee

I found the statement upseting. I fill out a lot of paperwork for children getting SSI and all have development disabilities and they need the assistances.

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jillio

[QUOTE=Cloggy;884946]Jillio, can you back up your statement "This is without a doubt the most innaccurate and bigoted comment made for quite some time" with statistics and citations?[/QUOTE

I can most certainly back it up through statistics, and those statistics are readily available from the Social Security Administration. But we are talking government assistance that is specific to the U.S. so you are simply jumping into an argument for arguments' sake.

And to say that all deaf people are living off of government funds is absolutely a bigoted comment. It speaks for itself. And, its innacurracy is obvious.

Additionally, it is not my postion to disprove the claims that another has made. Lantana made the claims, it is up to Lantana to support them.

jillio

Absolutely, vallee. My son has never recieved a penny of SSI, nor SSDI.

RosesNY

The deaf person is not the only one have SSI too hearing person have SSI too

Cloggy

Point is: if someone is not handicapped then they should not have SSI.!

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shel90

Well, there are many able bodied and able minded people collecting welfare. Sure, some deaf people abuse the SSI and SSDI system and I dont agree with it. However, what Latanta said that today's deaf people lives at the government's expense is a blatant lie.

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Cloggy

No,
what Lantana ment was that when a d/Deaf person says that deafness is not a disability, that he/she is not disabled, then he/she should not use the SSI/SSDI system.

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