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Old 02-06-2016, 09:12 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds View Post
Suppose a person born deaf is healed. He/she has never heard music in any form and doesn't even have a concept of what it is--a truly blank slate. What is the first piece of music you show him/her? Do you go with something happy? Sad? Cryptic? Simple? Complex?
This is going to come off as (pick one) too "PC", nitpicky, rude, whatever - but could we maybe not talk about situations where a person once was disabled and then was no longer disabled as that person being "healed"?

The Social Model of Disability

Great thread otherwise, not sure what my answer would be though.
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