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I wounded if working people will be able to afford this... Given the amount of amputee veterans who lost limbs and veteran suicide rate...me thinks not... But sure it seems pretty nifty...just swell
It's also a massive risk when even the advanced ones have a high rejection rate of around 44% that's never talked about, and don't have nearly as much fine control as the media makes them out to be on top of being uncomfortably heavy for some people. While some do like them, a lot wind up preferring simpler ones or none at all.
Those articles hit close to home as someone hard of hearing. So much of disability activism is trying to get able people to respect what is comfortable for us to do rather than what is comfortable for able bystanders to see us do.
Like assistive devices are awesome, but they exist for the people they are used by. We consistently want comfortable independent function without being othered for it. Some will prefer subtle devices, others will ask for a fully controllable rgb option on devices that could be hidden easily.