Don't even get me started on this. I honestly honestly think that most of the experts out there are incredibly naive when it comes to the downsides of oral only. Definitly encourage parents to have their kids orally trained......but come on....don't make it a fucking lifestyle. That's actually what I have against oral only.............it can be such a consuming lifestyle thing. Like therapy 24/7. It is also very much idealized as some sort of utopia.
I think it's also b/c oral-only is just such a HUGE HUGE business. I mean think abt it . There's so many ways that hearing people can profit off of dhh kids, with oral only. Heck, the healthcare industry is HUGE! Get a couple of dhh kids oral only and they are gonna be dependant on really good health care.
With ASL, the only profit are classes, books, and ILY sctuffs.
