> There are written equivalents for sign languages, although their use is controversial among some (but not all) Deaf people. Interesting, I haven't encountere

> There are written equivalents for sign languages, although their use is controversial among some (but not all) Deaf people. Interesting, I haven't encountered any in my neck of the woods (albeit I am hearing and not really active in of deaf communities outside of family). Do you know what the most "popular" written equivalents would be? I don't think it's impossible to represent sign languages in written form, either via existing languages like English or newly developed glyphs and symbols. However, people often don't seem to understand how complex deaf culture and languages are, likely because deaf communities can be quite insular (either by choice or because of discrimination/isolation), which makes it a difficult problem to discuss. Developing a fluent method of bidirectional communication between hearing an deaf people requires a fair bit of empathy, and I suspect the only people who really understand both deaf and hearing 'culture' are codas[0]; that said, I'd hope that raising awareness about common misconceptions would go a long way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_of_deaf_adult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_of_deaf_adult