I assume there must be a reason why sign language is superior but I genuinely don’t know why.

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    11 months ago

    ASL (or whichever sign language) is NOT a direct visual translation of English or French or Mandarin or whatever. It’s a totally different language and the written language is a second language. People might be highly proficient at reading and writing English in an English speaking country but it’s a different language.

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        11 months ago

        I knew a 3/4 deaf girl who had learned ASL, who had a bf who was fully deaf from birth… he did send her videos of himself signing.

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            11 months ago

            Well, it’s not like being handicaped is practical.
            People with disability have to deal with impractical situation all the time bc what is practical for able people is just not faisable or extremely unpractical for them, and society is far from being inclusive.

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        11 months ago

        A decent amount of deaf people don’t speak English so wouldn’t be using written English. Schools that teach both are actually called dual language schools

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          11 months ago

          Deaf people that can’t hear at all, still read and write, please stop speaking for a lifestyle you don’t know anything about.

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            11 months ago

            😂 I’m deaf you numpty. There’s entire deaf communities that don’t read or write english. It’s actually a hotly debated topic as some think kids shouldn’t be forced to learn both.

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              11 months ago

              Only in 'murica (and the anglosphere) could people think that learning more languages could possibly be a bad thing…

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                11 months ago

                I’m not American but it’s suggested that learning a sign language and a ‘spoken’ language at the same time can slow the acquisition of both.

                We see it in kids with two ‘spoken’ languages too but I believe to a lesser extent.

                If I had a deaf kid I would teach them both but I understand the choices of parents that don’t do that.

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                  11 months ago

                  What in the world? It’s commonly understood that children learn the fastest and if you want to learn multiple languages, it’s best learned early…

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                    You’ve got mixed up there. If you plan to learn multiple languages then it is beneficial to learn as a child but even similar languages, like English and French, can cause issues communicating when young. When learning vastly different languages especially when one is written and one signed it causes a lot of issues. This can leave a deaf child struggling to communicate for a time.

                    Often deaf parents will choose to stick to sign first.