Eli5: what has prevented braille and sign language from being taught in mainstream schools?

Question

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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Answer 1

>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.

Teaching it is more work (and more time of the school day) than not teaching it. To teach it, something else would need to be removed. Most people think those other things have a better cost:benefit ratio than braille or sign language.