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Posted: 2019-01-17T16:53:18Z | Updated: 2019-01-17T19:22:57Z

People generally have good intentions sharing inspirational viral internet content that brought them a few moments of joy, even if they give little thought for how it might impact the people involved. Well, Nyle DiMarco has some thoughts about such inspiration porn specifically, videos showing babies who are deaf hearing for the first time.

The biggest problem is that it tends to glorify these simple solutions and its a view of just a few seconds of a disabled persons life, DiMarco, a star model who is deaf, told HuffPost. It doesnt show the story and hours required.

Children with access to miraculous measures that restore hearing, he noted, are often from very wealthy families who are very fortunate to have the money to be able to purchase the technology needed and the training and the hours and theyre able to invest that time. But thats not the reality for many children who are deaf, let alone Americans of all ages who are hard of hearing.