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Conversation moved on to the deaf community's rejection of the cochlea implant, and the issues of disabled people's 'social barriers' approach. Prof. Norman was intrigued but seemd confident (as ever) in the effectiveness of the technology in the end. The cochlea implants as originally introduced were clumsy and kloogy and this was the reason they were rejected. The heightened eyesight of the deaf and the heightened hearing of the blind were advantages any deaf person would give up if they could hear instead, any blind person would gladly swap for the power of sight. The special qualities brought by autism or Downs syndrome likewise.
I then had a brief chat with one of Prof Norman's post-doctoral colleagues who raved about the EHPA stuff, and recommended the cyberpunk novel 'Amour' by John Steakley, which I bought later that day and proceeded to read over the next few days. |
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