And even when it does not kill, it can bring severe complications, from deafness to brain damage.

ECONOMIST: Rash worries | The

But gentamicin's severe side effects of deafness and kidney damage make it undesirable for long-term treatment in children.

FORBES: Stopping the Nonsense

He includes chapters not only on deafness and dwarfism but on Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disability, early genius, conception through rape, criminal behavior, and transgender life.

NEWYORKER: Little Strangers