Amy Cohen / Honey Brit09 / Deaf Human Beings' civil rights!

This is how I strongly believe. This is not freedom for Deaf babies/children 's civil rights.

It is one thing to allow a person to choose to use an auditory device, but I see that it is unfair to decide for any individual to have a surgery that changes their physical properties. Once a person is mature enough to decide to have a CI surgically implanted, the decision should be made. To have a parent/guardian etc.choose this for a child is ridiculous. Why should it be okay to force a person into a surgery that they may rely on for their entire life?

Once a child has become accustomed to these devices it is something that they expect to have for the rest of their life. If the device fails or does not continue to work in the same way for their entire life, then they no longer can use what they have been expected to rely on. This is totally unfair to any child or adult. If they have the choice to decide whether to use an auditory device or not then they can make that decision for themselves. It is wrong to force anyone to depend on something when naturally they are not going to have that. Children cannot make that decision. They should have the choice to decide on adapting their physical properties on their own. This should not take place unless they have been fully educated on ALL of the possibilities...positive and negative.

If a child relies on the auditory device and then it suddenly isnt working anymore, then it is something that they have no choice but to have taken from them. These surgeries are not inexpensive. It takes money to maintain these devices and not all people are able to keep up with this. What happens when a child decides that they do not want to utilize this technology?

It is wrong to force a person to rely on something each day, when naturally they may be better off without a device being implanted into their bodies. Insurance does not cover a CI removal. If a person chooses that route then more power to them,but it is not an issue that should be decided by a person that will not have to live with it. The person that is getting a surgery of this type or any other surgery should be allowed to choose for themselves. It is something that will have impact, whether positive or negative, a person for the rest of their life.

By forcing an individual into a life altering procedure it is the same as saying you are not good enough the way that you were born. You must change physically for you to be accepted by the real world. Is this really the impression we want to make on deaf children?

It is a huge put down to deaf children 's true identity. People must have a choice, it is only fair! We should appreciate the differences in all people. If we were all the same, then the world would be a very boring place.

Therefore we have the right to maintain the status we were born with...people need to learn to accept that. Any adaptation that needs to be made should be made within the faultfinders, not the children. Acceptance is KEY! Need I say more?

"Tell the mothers I said, "Don't try to change your child; you are the adult, you bear the burden of change" - Harlan Lane That's what it needs to get through your head.

Seeing as how there are more cons than pros to getting a CI,( as such stated in other topics), It is more responsible to NOT implant a child. You don't need to hear to be alive. And if a d/Deaf child is not good enough for you then you need to reconsider your morals and prejudices. Like it, love it, or leave it alone.

Thank you for your time to read this message!

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[deafjohnj]

D/deaf children need to be respected for who they are and not who someone else wants them to be. Change is slow and hard work but that doesn't mean it cannot be done. The old attitudes keep coming up again and again They are nothing but interference with a way of life. The attitudes are based on Coingress of Milan which is almost **200** years ago! Have people not learned since then?

[DeafSweetMind]

@deafjohnj Exactly right! It s just all about money for them to abuse us for their own flawed ideas. That is very sad!

[ASLFuel]

Deafenitely Sweet said!!! I like your Mind!

[DeafSweetMind]

@ASLFuel Thank you for the compliment. I appreciate this very much. I care and think of their basic needs and basic rights that comes first. NO1 can change Deaf babies/children and Deaf Human Beings into for not who they are. People can change themselves for the better if they choose to however we cannot change people. It s not gonna to change for the better when somebody tried to change or manipulate people. This is a real evil thing to do bec they have no right to across their boundary lines.

[DeafSweetMind]

FYI, I have had always want to be a Liberal Social Worker because I want to travel all over place or world to educate people in a very honest healthy approach. It disappointed me for not having my degree for Social work major because no one wants a Liberal Social Worker as they disagree with it very much. I did this for myself and study from my own independent thinking. Also it s from my own strongest observation and dealing with all kind of people that I study for so many years.

[DeafSweetMind]

@IamDeafAngel From my heart, I must to say this. If Social Worker or not, however it s still relates to Mental Health that social worker must know about it as well. Anyway, SW or Human Services must or should not have their own prejudicial attitudes because it s very dangerous to harm many Deaf Human Beings of our Deaf community. This is what a real scary by Dysconscious Audism ruins everything for our Deaf community s image + lied about that reminds me of NEO Nazism's attitudes. Thanks! :)

[IamDeafAngel]

I did not know that HonBrit09 wants to be a Social Worker. Whoa! I did not watch most of her vlogs because of her negatives. If she really want to be a social worker then she needs to change to be positive and help others. Social Workers do not behave like what she has been doing so far. It doesn't make sense! Is she trying to make evil plans? God will take care of her. I will continue to pray for them. How sad!

[aslitself]

Well said!

[TheASLFire]

wow! good present to talk openly. jordan king is a toxic psychologist!

[LeafsFanForever1974]

Hey, I like your speak out on HonBrit09. She don't know NOTHING about our feeling that where we had experience in the past.