Not sure if I replied already... Yes you or I or a parent might want to fix a “disability” (such as my ADD) but another person might not if they don’t see it that way - which aligns with your point. But what if the person doesn’t see it as a disability?
I never saw my ADD as a “disability” till I was older (almost in college) since I was on the side where hyper focusing on things that interested me (reading, cars, learning) was SUPER easy and didn’t care about the rest. I was given the decision when I was 13 though to finally go on ADD meds and then, if I wanted to, I could continue them. If I could fix the underlying issue I’m not sure I would because sometimes when I’m off my meds it’s a completely different world and everything falls into place (many times it doesn’t I’ll admit) but when I was 7-8 years old and you couldn’t tear my focus from the 3+ 600+ page books I was reading simultaneously and couldn’t get confused if I wanted I’d have said no keep the pills.
Sorry, tangent there... not trying to incite “my body, my right” rhetoric here but why should we have any say in what that person does with there’s? Why can’t they live life as both deaf and hearing and decide for themselves (I’d love a on/off switch option for many things like this...)
Maybe we need a version of the “legal voting age” situation so people are informed enough to vote or decide for themselves but we shouldn’t make people go through surgery or make decisions on a surgery without the full info (not saying you’re implying that, just making a logic jump that’s where it might go). I think there’s a medical surgery age authorization requirement but I’m not sure...
PLEASE, if there are additional flaws in my thought points please flush them out respectfully as you and others have! I want to learn more here and appreciate the replies.
Note: I’m all for the cochlear implant or any other kind of modification or surgery if that’s what the person wants. I only want to bring up the question of “should we” before it becomes “should we have...”. :)