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Originally Posted by RedFox
Where in that video or in other NAD materials does it say hearing people can't use ASL except for the purposes you've listed? Hearing people using ASL with other hearing people can encourage ASL to spread and be known about by more people.
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Exactly!!! The whole point is to get
more hearing individuals to be fluent in ASL, not f
ewer! Its the most effective way to bridge the communication gap, and to provide for effective education of deaf students.
To say that hearing people must not use ASL is the same as saying all deaf people must speak. Its oralism in reverse.
And, I find it particularly odd that this attitude would come from someone who has jsut begun to learn the language.