It is the way OB expressed us with her statements which we happen to agree with her. She understand our deaf perspective. She is hearing, but she is a wheelchair person and knows what she had to put up with. The able bodied people want her to walk as normal so they might try to "fix" her but she did not accept that. She understand that we just want to be the way we are, not to get "fix". If it was a very serious disease or emergency that could disrupt her life and she need to survive, then the doctors can try to "fix" if not her legs to help her to live. 
And yes, we need ASL all the time. That is our Deaf Culture as we are deaf, even if we have different hearing degrees. 
