It’s not necessarily more work to teach kids basic communication in both ASL and braille than some of the other things kids get taught in schools.
I can think of many benefits to society if the majority knows how to do both, so I’m genuinely curious why it never gained traction anywhere? Like, there are no countries on earth where the majority can communicate in sign language or read braille.
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>Like, there are no countries on earth where the majority can communicate in sign language or read braille.
Because the majority don’t need to communicate in sign language or braille. These languages were created to service very specific users, and in turn those who work with those users.
The thing to really remember is that schools don’t make you proficient. They give you an elementary level of understanding. Teaching any foreign language in school doesn’t provide a tangible benefit for society. An hour a week isn’t going to make everyone fluent. At best you leave school with elementary levels. If you learned sign language in school, you may be able to sign basic interaction.
Braille is a different matter entirely. If you’re not blind, you have no reason to learn braille, since you can – you know – see the text. Braille is a language used for reading.
If the overarching question is based on how to support (at least) the deaf community, the solution is to provide better access to services for them in the community, not by teaching the entire population how to ask for their name.
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