What is best for the deaf?
...their ordering. What we are asking here is, do we make it easier for the deaf, or for the majority? Is it easier for us who can hear to just want the deaf to read our lips or write down what they are wanting? I personally think that a combination of all three would be good. Learning signed English would help the deaf out in a tremendous way, it would be like they are learning another language. Like it or not, there are going to be times when they are going to need to write something down. This would be the easiest, fastest way to communicate something to a person who can hear. I think sometimes when people talk slow to the deaf, it makes them feel like they are stupid, like they are being talked to like a child. There is nothing more embarsasing than that. For the most part, English is the universal language, learning this would be the most helpful, no matter where they go. Trying to get around would be difficult enough because of their disability, learning English would only help them. I think deaf people would embrace this idea because it would be another tool they could use. Lip-reading, I think is also a helpful tool in assisting the deaf. I think we all sometimes lip read when we cannot understand what another person is saying. But for us, this is just a once-in-a-while type of thing, for the deaf, it’s an everyday type of thing. If they were to learn how to read lips accurately in a normal pace, that would only help them. It should at least be part of the curriculum, if they choose to utilize it, then great, if not, well, it didn’t hurt to learn something new. This technique coupled with English and Sign Language, would make the person more well rounded. Learning this type of communication is only an asset to a deaf person. In real world situations they would definitely see how lip-readin...