Myopia's actually a good example, since before glasses were invented it impacted people severely, then moderately, and now laser surgery's improving in leaps and bounds, clearing the way to eventually having, say, 99% of myopic people correcting it as soon as their eyes stop growing. (Mind you, I'm saying that as a myopic person who is waiting for the surgery techniques to improve in reliability.)
Fellow myopic person here. I mentioned in another comment that availability is an issue in how severe myopia is as a disability, but re: the surgery thing. I wouldn't consider surgery even though I'm pretty damn myopic because the cost and what it would mean (I have lots of fear/anxiety issues surrounding doctors and medical treatment. I've had anger and panic attacks), so for me? Glasses are actually a far better option than surgery.
That said, I totally get why surgery would be a better option for other people. And I do think it's reasonable to think/hope that technology will allow for better options available to PWD. I'm all about giving people options and not being judge-y when they decide what's best for them.
There are bound to be traits that do not impede functionality now, but will impede it in the future, like the inability to see 3D images. New mental disorders, quite possibly, maybe something else entirely?
Myself, and being purely speculative and not at all EVEN a little bit an expert? I think we'll definitely see issues with using technology, and I think allergies to certain metals will become a MUCH bigger problem if nanotechnology gets to be a thing. I also think reactions to zero-gravity would become an issue, because so far we've only sent a very, very small group of human beings out of the 6 billion here on Earth up into space and none for a truly extended period of time (like, say, five years or longer), so there's bound to be a lot of issues that haven't come up yet.
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Date: 2010-06-13 08:30 pm (UTC)Fellow myopic person here. I mentioned in another comment that availability is an issue in how severe myopia is as a disability, but re: the surgery thing. I wouldn't consider surgery even though I'm pretty damn myopic because the cost and what it would mean (I have lots of fear/anxiety issues surrounding doctors and medical treatment. I've had anger and panic attacks), so for me? Glasses are actually a far better option than surgery.
That said, I totally get why surgery would be a better option for other people. And I do think it's reasonable to think/hope that technology will allow for better options available to PWD. I'm all about giving people options and not being judge-y when they decide what's best for them.
There are bound to be traits that do not impede functionality now, but will impede it in the future, like the inability to see 3D images. New mental disorders, quite possibly, maybe something else entirely?
Myself, and being purely speculative and not at all EVEN a little bit an expert? I think we'll definitely see issues with using technology, and I think allergies to certain metals will become a MUCH bigger problem if nanotechnology gets to be a thing. I also think reactions to zero-gravity would become an issue, because so far we've only sent a very, very small group of human beings out of the 6 billion here on Earth up into space and none for a truly extended period of time (like, say, five years or longer), so there's bound to be a lot of issues that haven't come up yet.