Question

How did the establishment of the American School for the Deaf impact public perceptions?


Options:

A. The public realized that all Americans need to learn sign language to communicate.


B. The public realized that not being able to hear does not impact the ability of Deaf people to learn.


C.The public realized that not being able to hear greatly impacts the ability of Deaf people to learn.


D.The public realized that sign language is better than the oral communication method.

Answer 1

Answer:

The best answer is "B. The public realized that not being able to hear does not impact the ability of Deaf people to learn".

Explanation:

Letter B is the best option because the American School for the Deaf proved and reinforced the idea that deaf people are human beings as much as everybody else. That was a statement not easy to understand for most of the people during the course of the centuries until half of the twentieth century, when people believed that deaf people were incapable of studying and working, which is not true at all. The American School for the Deaf and the development of the American Sign Language (ASL) made it able for deaf people to develop their own skills in their own language and also to develop human communication through the use of other languages besides theirs, such as English, Spanish, and more.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. The public realized that not being able to hear does not impact the ability of Deaf people to learn.