should sign language be taught in schools as a foreign language option?

I am actually pretty angry that sign language isn’t taught in schools. We learned the sign language alphabet when I was in 3rd grade but that’s all. It was not offered in high school or in my college. Now I have a health care profession and we come across deaf people all the time and […]

Is Learning the Manual Alphabet and or ASL sign language for this reason morally wrong?

I learned the manual alphabet so that my friends and I could talk in class without the teacher knowing… and also just for fun. Are we seeming to sorta make fun of the deaf? (I don’t, I actually respect them) And is the manual alphabet considered it’s own language, or is it just a small […]