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Originally Posted by deafskeptic
Yeah, it's said that even many deaf in this day and age don't realize that ASL is a language. It also say a lot about the bias toward spoken language and it's clear those students picked up on that.
I remember a lot of older deaf saying they had always thought sign was inferior to spoken language and this was before Stokes discovered that ASL.
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The results of oralism. Too many deaf have been given that impression by the oralists. As that is quite often the sum total of their experinece growing up,they are not only being deprived of a language, they are being provided incorrect information regarding sign language that leads to these negative attitudes.