If genetic interventions do become prevalent then….

There is some weight behind the position that Reindal takes. It does appear that if genetic interventions do become prevalent then this may have detrimental effects on the amounts of funding that societies are willing to commit to disabled services. However, from a pragmatic point of view widespread Genetic Interventions would mean there were less people with disabilities for the resources to be shared amongst. It does appear to be the case now however, that more funds are spent on the ‘curing’ of disability, than on the inclusion of people with disabilities. If the ability to ‘cure’ a disability through genetic intervention becomes safe, effective and easily accessible, then the fear of this situation worsening may be a real one. This does not give us reasons however to think that there is something ethically irresponsible about the use of genetic interventions to ‘cure’ disability in itself.