TheBombDiggity
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When I was still in high school, a family moved into a house down the street. Their daughter is deaf. Not long after, signs were posted on either end of the street. Something like "Deaf Child Area" I think.
In my ASL textbook from HS, there was a small article with arguments for and against using these signs. I'm inclined to lean towards not having them- a Deaf child isn't more likely to run into the street because they're Deaf. Being unable to hear doesn't make you stupid. If anything, there should be a sign warning that there are children at play, which would be true of the whole neighborhood. I talked to that little girl before, and saw her outside now and again, but she was never running around in the middle of the street. It was the hearing kids who would do it! My friend argues that those signs are necessary because they'll protect the child, since drivers seeing the sign would take more care. I don't think so- if someone's driving like a maniac, they're going to drive like a maniac whether or not they see a sign warning them of people in a residential area.
What do you think? Should areas around Deaf people be marked by signs like these? Or just children? Why or why not?
I'm not asking for a paper or anything, I'm just curious about real-life opinions
In my ASL textbook from HS, there was a small article with arguments for and against using these signs. I'm inclined to lean towards not having them- a Deaf child isn't more likely to run into the street because they're Deaf. Being unable to hear doesn't make you stupid. If anything, there should be a sign warning that there are children at play, which would be true of the whole neighborhood. I talked to that little girl before, and saw her outside now and again, but she was never running around in the middle of the street. It was the hearing kids who would do it! My friend argues that those signs are necessary because they'll protect the child, since drivers seeing the sign would take more care. I don't think so- if someone's driving like a maniac, they're going to drive like a maniac whether or not they see a sign warning them of people in a residential area.
What do you think? Should areas around Deaf people be marked by signs like these? Or just children? Why or why not?
I'm not asking for a paper or anything, I'm just curious about real-life opinions