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Originally Posted by Tousi
The first groups of hearing folks I can think of off the top of my head are parents, of course; then relatives, friends, neighbors, interpreters, education professionals, and just about anyone else who cares to take up ASL....except, of course, those who only wanna know the dirty signs.  |
Sure, the guy living in the house I'm moving to wants to learn some sign and learned a bit from a friend who knew a bit from a project. There, that's 2 hearing people using sign language with no deaf people around because I haven't moved there yet. The world didn't end.
There are people at my work who want to learn some signs too, so I'll teach them sometimes. I won't mind if hearing people signed to each other. It'd be good practice.
Allowing and encouraging hearing people to use sign languages with each other means less influence for the oral-only camp.