On the “self-governing” model, it might be that the blind community would want to disallow propagating blindness, while the deaf community would not disallow it:
Judy: And how’s… I mean, I know we’re talking about the blind community now, but in a DEAF (person’s own emphasis) community, some deaf couples are actually disappointed when they have an able bodied… child.
William: I believe that’s right.
Paul: I think the majority are.
Judy: Yes. Because then …
Margaret: Do they?
Judy: Oh, yes! It’s well known down at the deaf centre. So some of them would choose to have a deaf baby! (with an incredulous voice)
Moderator: Actually, a few years ago a couple chose to have a deaf baby.
Margaret: Can’t understand that!
Judy: I’ve never heard of anybody in our blind community talk like that.
Paul: To perpetuate blindness! I don’t know anybody in the blind community who’d want to do that.
Interesting. I think I’d take the same position about deafness that I would about blindness. But I also find it a very understandable and natural human emotion for a person who is damaged to want to surround themselves with others who are damaged in the same way, and to be disappointed when their child isn’t. That seems entirely compatible with not being willing to intentionally damage a child.
On the “self-governing” model, it might be that the blind community would want to disallow propagating blindness, while the deaf community would not disallow it:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4059844/
Judy: And how’s… I mean, I know we’re talking about the blind community now, but in a DEAF (person’s own emphasis) community, some deaf couples are actually disappointed when they have an able bodied… child.
William: I believe that’s right.
Paul: I think the majority are.
Judy: Yes. Because then …
Margaret: Do they?
Judy: Oh, yes! It’s well known down at the deaf centre. So some of them would choose to have a deaf baby! (with an incredulous voice)
Moderator: Actually, a few years ago a couple chose to have a deaf baby.
Margaret: Can’t understand that!
Judy: I’ve never heard of anybody in our blind community talk like that.
Paul: To perpetuate blindness! I don’t know anybody in the blind community who’d want to do that.
Interesting. I think I’d take the same position about deafness that I would about blindness. But I also find it a very understandable and natural human emotion for a person who is damaged to want to surround themselves with others who are damaged in the same way, and to be disappointed when their child isn’t. That seems entirely compatible with not being willing to intentionally damage a child.