Sunday, September 30, 2012

CHAPTER 3:

             Is there any similarity between Braille and ASL?


No. None.
Braille is used for individuals that are blind and ASL is sign language that deaf people use to communicate with either hearing people or deaf people like themselves. Braille is not a langauge like ASL or English. Its a code, a way of translating.
In our culture blindness has become more reognized and more respected than deafness. Blind people are easily recognized and are offered assistance but deaf people are not immediately recognized unless signing a conversation.
Although society thinks that deaf people know braille, they are not correct.

" You will never see two people standing on the corner having a conversation "in braille"".

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