An Inclusive Litany

5/28/94

Approximately 20 deaf protesters demonstrated in front of Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario against the use of bionic ear implants for children. Their argument is that the implant, in reducing or eliminating deafness, robs children of the right to be part of deaf culture. Protester Regent Gendron was quoted as signing, "I've grown up being deaf, and I haven't missed anything."