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I work with a lot of disabled people and while obviously my sample size isn't large enough to write a paper, the ones capable of understanding consent all think this is a terrible, terrible idea.
I don't blame them. I can't imagine voluntarily getting brain surgery unless it was life or death.
There is actually a strong feeling in much of the deaf/heard of hearing community against cochlear implants because it is "othering" them in the process.
Which is stupid because they were "othered" by their physical disability and are being returned to the fold by having that ability restored.
Also it's a minority of deaf egoists who think they're special because they lack normal capacity and turned their disability into their personality, not some strong feeling in much of the community.
I'd find it hard to believe people paralyzed from the neck down would share similar views.
Again it's not a huge pool, but one. One paralyzed lady who thinks this an atrocious idea. But I bet its more than you've asked personally!
Why is that? I think it's a really exciting technology.
I lack the eloquence to describe the look on her face when she found out about it. But her answer was, "Oh, great, so I can trade in the problems I have now for new ones we can't even accommodate yet!"
She's very much an enemy you know type of person.
Learning about cochlea implants right now in SLT school, this is beyond me lol
Being disabled in some area really makes you think “I had better take care of what I have left” rather than “what are my options for modifying and upgrading what is left?”
How many of them are paralyzed from the neck down?
All the more reason to not let someone fuck with the last bit that works lest they set your brain on fire with nerve damage.