There's a significant difference between the two. One is easier to learn, i.e. Cued Speech, whereas the other takes years of practice to gain proficiency. They each have advantages and disadvantages but my opinion is that Cued Speech works best with hearing parents of deaf kids as it allows them to use their own language, (in most cases, English). Would you ask a parent to learn Spanish just to talk to their own son/daughter? That's in essence what you'd have to do with ASL. If you want full access, CS is the way to go. I'm not biased as I've used both and understand what each is all about. Above someone said CS is a tool to teach language, which is very accurate.
My own 2 cents - and I haven't read the CS posting - the link didn't work, so not sure how accurate that information is. A great place is
National Cued Speech Association to learn about it.
Loml, long time no see. Nice try to create a new user.
Angiemayer, this poster is working for National Cued Speech Association, so you should take everything he says with a grain of salt.
Cued Speech is easier for you in the short run, like a few weeks, but the changes is it will suck for your kid if that's the only thing you use.
What "Simonroffe" don't tell you, is that years of practicing ASL to gain a specific level of proficency not is necessary. Simply saying it takes years to master it, whithout explaining what he mean with it, is just some scare tactics. He will probably pull up some outdated and carefully picked papers will make his claims look true, but I advise you to stick with real academics jourals printing different kind of state of the art research if you want to look further into this.
All the arguments from "Simonroffe" are basically the same as you will see from hard core oralist(the view that ASL don't matter or have damaging effects). He is trying to manipulate you when he says he not is biased, or by implying that other posters here agree with him when they say CS is a tool to teach language. No one here have said so far it's cool to use CS as a communication tool, too.
At this board you will se no one complain about their hearing parents use ASL with them, no matter level of proficency, but you will see mixed opinions about Cued Speech. You also might want to learn about Visual Phonics, a more up to date system, that is even is used in some serious schools as a special needs education tool, though that system is still not a everyday communication tool in those schools.
There are tons of fun ASL courses all over america where I suppose you live. Maybe posters here can help you find a good course where you live. Plenty of colleges employ deaf tutors that will make ASL a fun experience for you and your child. The different national sign languages are a full on languages, and bridges to other languages, used and loved by millions of people all over the world.
That said, my advice is to ultimately listen to your kid, your child have the final answers, not me or "Simonroffe".
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What is "cued speech"? 
That's awesome that she can communicate.....well with communcation issues, go for a full toolbox......meaning yeah ASL but also ....actually there is something called augmentive and alternative communication, which is for kids with apraxia and expressive spoken language issues..... you gotta give her the tools, but it's up to HER how she uses the tools....undy now? I have a friend whose son is mildly mentally handicapped but uses ASL as a communcation tool......and they offered him the choice of PECs (Picture Exchange Communciation System)
