Hey! It’s me again. I need help understanding how technology would limit independence. Any examples?

No problem.

Thank you for your sharing. I can finally understand where the limitation is.

I work in a deaf community and can share some observations with you.
The debate over cochlear implants for children is a case in point. Members of the medical community, as well as some of the more traditionally oriented deaf services organizations, have advocated for using cochlear implants even when the level of improvement in auditory functioning is only marginal. Some members of the deaf community view this as surgical "maiming" of innocent deaf children, potentially ostracizing them from their birthright of deafness and inclusion in the deaf community, as well as segregating them from the hearing community that will never accept them as "normal.”
Dependency on technical experts is fostered, not just around the procedure and treatment technologies but also for its prescribed goals and success criteria. This requires that people with disabilities: (1) view the rehabilitation professional as an expert; (2) view themselves as in an undesirable state; and (3) work toward a prognosis and recovery that has been predefined for them. Activist elements of the deaf community would argue that it may be better to be part of their community than not to be fully integrated into any community. Often a person with a cochlear implant, they reason, does not gain enough hearing to be seen as "normal" but may have just enough so that they no longer fit into the deaf community.