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From a book I vaguely remember: the MC is a deaf teenager. She’s spent years saving up money from part-time work so she can afford college. Her parents take the money out of her account and use it to buy hearing aids for her younger sister, so the kid won’t have to grow up deaf. (Because apparently kids’ hearing aids cost as much as college? Holy shit.) Anyway, the parents genuinely don’t understand why the MC is upset.

She’s speaking to them again by the end of the book. I can’t say I would be.

There’s this thing people say sometimes about how superpowered people would wipe out humanity. But if an abled person wanted to beat me to death, there’s not much I could do to stop them. From my perspective, you have enhanced strength and durability, but you haven’t wiped me out yet.

Very interesting post by Discoursedrome: 

“Really, the state of disability accommodation in America shows the limitations of even legislating law. Even the most common and basic accommodations, like “ramps to first-floor entrances”, “braille on bathroom signs” and “signs and menus with easily readable text” are often unavailable, and in many cases accommodations are theoretically available but you have to ask and they’ll be provided in a way that foregrounds your disability for an audience of strangers, who may treat you kindly but will almost certainly not be thinking of you with respect.”