AmputeeOT
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Not to mention there are countless studies on the benefits of bilingualism.
So why is it that being bilingual is such a benefit to the minds of hearing people but not to Deaf people? Are our brains really that different?
ASL isn't a crutch that inhibits the hearing world's oh-so-very-important spoken language any more than spoken language inhibits ASL, just like Spanish isn't a crutch that inhibits English and English isn't a crutch that inhibits Spanish.
Our brains are plenty big enough for both.
So why is it that being bilingual is such a benefit to the minds of hearing people but not to Deaf people? Are our brains really that different?
ASL isn't a crutch that inhibits the hearing world's oh-so-very-important spoken language any more than spoken language inhibits ASL, just like Spanish isn't a crutch that inhibits English and English isn't a crutch that inhibits Spanish.
Our brains are plenty big enough for both.