law and order

There was an episode of Law and Order which portrayed an interesting social movement.
The deaf community was protesting this doctor, typical stuff picket lines etc. outside his house, but what was interesting was their reasoning. Instead of the doctor perhaps saying something derogitory about the community instead they were mad because he was providing a surgery for certain clients which would give them back most or all of their hearing. The community was upset because by telling clients that they no longer had to "struggle" with being deaf, he was isolating the community and portraying deafness as a bad thing which needs to be fixed. Just an interesting inversion of thought.