BBC This is My Family - Wanting a Deaf Baby (subtitled)

By Editor | December 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Law & Policy |


This post originally appeared on Grumpy Old Deafies.

In September 2004 the BBC aired a programme called This is My Family: Wanting a Deaf Baby, which featured a Deaf couple Paul and Claire Dowdican, and discussed their thoughts on a desire to have a Deaf child. The full programme which is subtitled, can be viewed here:

This is of particular interest, given the current political climate.

Further Reading:
BBC Ouch Interview with Claire Dowdican

See also:
A Fairy Tale: Fact or Fiction?
EFEB: BDA Letter to Members of the House of Lords in BSL
Guest: Clark Denmark - Stop!
Parliament: Deaf Embryo selection to be made illegal
HFEB: Explanatory clause on deaf selection
HFEB: BDA draft letter to Professor Marcus Pembrey
HFEB: other places discussing Deaf Eugenics

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