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I do not believe ASL will fade away in the future as long as we keep educate and encourage hearing parents to inculde ASL with their deaf children. A lot of people keep forgetting that ASL is not only used by the Deaf people but also used by the hearing as well too such as down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, trauma, and brain disorders or speech disorders do use sign language frequently as a communication tool. Also stuides have shown an increase of improvements on babies and children who use sign language to communicate.
Not too long ago the Deaf community fear that their culture will fade away slowly because of these cochlear implants and seeing how many deaf people inculde children had choosed to be implanted but yet they keep forgetting one thing, those who received cochlear implants are STILL deaf when their implants are turned off. This makes no difference from what I've experienced wearing my hearing aids because without them I won't be able hear anything. Also not everyone will benefit these implants. That's why many of us here are fighting to keep ASL alive and fighting against misinformation by doctors and audiologists..
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"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is brought in our life, OR in the life of another." ~ Helen Keller
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