I think the short answer is that just as an ASD can be part of 'who a person is', deafness can be part of the whole package of a person, their body, their experiences and their identity. It's not about something they are 'missing out on' - how about all the hearing people who are 'missing out on' Deaf culture and the expressiveness of sign languages, for example?
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Date: Thursday, 11 April 2013 09:55 pm (UTC)You might want to read this short article.