should we be trying to find a cure for disabilites instead of political correctness BS about 'diversity'

Question

So-called 'advoncecy' groups on behalf of the disabled like to peach acceptance nad make society neddlessly bend over backwards just for a few people.I much rather wait 5 years for a cure or centuries at best for human nature to change which it cannot and people don't really want to change who they are.I just know from my experience that 'acceptance' just will not work and everybody wants to be better than somebody.Ther's nothing wrong with that.isn't it?

Answer 1

Asperger's is not like disabilities because it is part of the brain which makes up who the person is.
We wouldn't be "better off" without aspies.
Some people who were said to have Asperger's were great, intelligent men. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_speculated_to_have_been_autistic
http://www.aspergerresources.com/famous_people_with_aspergers.html

Albert Einstein had a deep passion for physics, which could have been a special interest which is a characteristic of autism.

Temple Grandin, a woman with Asperger's, has made extraordinary breakthroughs with animals because autistics think like animals which she wrote about in Animals in Translation. http://www.templegrandin.com/

Tolkien has some traits of Asperger's. www.eas.asu.edu/~autism/DoIHaveAspergers.doc

So, if you got rid of autism, you might have just delayed all the improvements these people gave to us. You might have delayed the internet, never have gotten The Lord of the Rings,
delayed the equation E=mc2, have lost the war with Japan because Einstein might have not came up with the atomic bomb, delayed the science of understanding animals, delayed the law of gravity, and other things.

Beside all the inventions aspies have made, there are good things about asperger's. http://www.aspirations.info/aspergerssyndrome.html#positive

Some people believe making someone autistic would change the person's personality. http://www.angelfire.com/space2/autism/3w.htm

On the other hand, I can see where it would be good to cure other people. There was a group that said that some things weren't disabilites but "special abilites", but someone with cerebral palsy asked how it was a "special ability" http://hs.facebook.com/wall.php?id=2213279899( it was the second to last post) Some people say deafness is a "gift" because they have a deaf "culture". Other people say blindness is a "gift" because people see with their soul and are intuative. I'd say these things aren't really gifts, no offense to anyone, and I think that a cure would help them to be part of the world around them without taking anything DREADFULLY wonderful away.

Answer 2

I find your answer rather interesting. "Everybody wants to be better than somebody" is an interesting, albeit, faulty coping mechanism. If people felt important without having to impede on others, we would not have to worry about tolerance and could focus on treatment.

I also find it interesting that you would rather "wait 5 years for a cure". What makes you think we will have a cure for some of these illnesses in 5 years? And what will you do in the meantime, continue to use your faulty coping mechanism of exploiting these people to making yourself feel better at someone else's expense.

I question that this is some prank, but if it is not, maybe you should seek some therapy. You may have a disorder that requires immediate treatment, not sure.

Answer 3

All people deserve access to the same things and activities as everyone else. I bet you that if you became disabled, or in a wheel chair or whatever, you'd be singing a different tune. Imagine not being able to go into buildings or having your access to things cut off. No one is bending over backwards. It is simply being decent and caring and having compassion. You don't need to accept everything or everyone, and competition is for sure a trait of human nature, but...accommodating and allowing access to education, buildings, work, etc..all the things that make life worth living and give it quality...ALL people deserve that. We're simply talking access and modifications to allow all people access these things. Believe me, I've worked with a lot of people with different disabilities. Some are super cool people who I really liked and some are jerks...just like the rest of us. It's not like we have to 'accept' or 'like' everyone, but everyone, again, deserves access to all the things that make life fulfilling and fun and everything else.

Answer 4

Hey there,

You just can't cure some disabilities, and there just isn't a "few" people out there with disabilities...there are many. Unfortunately, society doesn't bend over backwards for people with disabilities, and that is why there was need for a change to better educate people with disabilities. Unfortunately, we have politicians who are out of touch with how we should educate persons with disabilities. Hell, they are out of touch in educating those without disabilities.

Answer 5

"Disabilitiies" are on the rise in human populations.
Perhaps we are witnessing evolution and those with disabilities are leading the way toward a new and changing world.

In that respect, those with the disabilities would be considered the better people. There's nothing wrong with that, is there???

Answer 6

As a person with a disability--and 3 advanced degrees from top-tier universities--I've found that educated people are genrally accepting and treat us like human beings.

Its only ignorant, narrow-minded bigots who deride or devalue a person because of an impairment. Persons with disabilities are not "sick" and don't need to be cured. And I challenge any of the trash that think otherwise to match my track record. But its a sucker bet--they cant. They are the ones who are inferior--by their own choice.

Answer 7

It is not about a cure or acceptance. It is about getting away from this conventional way of educating, opening the doors to other ways. Making classrooms more interactive, focusing on the different styles of learning.

I like how you presented your question. Really brings the point home.

Answer 8

Well lets see Autism for one is 1 in 150 births now Downs Syndrome and Cystic Fibrosis are right up there. We want acceptance for our kids as they are. Unfortunately other people see them as a label or a statistic and refuse to give them the opportunity to prove themselves. This is why there are all tese advocacy groups because they are needed as long as there are people with your mindset in the world.

Answer 9

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