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Unfortunately, there are very few Deaf people, so there is no world in which everyone learns ASL just in case they meet a Deaf person. It just doesn't scale, an
by phailhaus 4y ago
Unfortunately, there are very few Deaf people, so there is no world in which everyone learns ASL just in case they meet a Deaf person. It just doesn't scale, and so what you end up with is isolating them even further. The best approach is to bridge the gap: similar glasses can be used by hearing folks to translate sign language, and it theoretically generalizes to all foreign languages.
- elliekelly 4y agoCheck out that first link about Martha’s Vineyard ;)
- phailhaus 4y agoYeah that's what I'm replying to. Most of the country is not like that so ASL is not going to be a shared language, and expecting them to move is not feasible either.