mostly hearing teachers

I do like to see more apps and media using American Sign Language. But its always disappointing to see it’s a hearing instructor, a second language user, presenting their version of sign language. Why not leave American Sign Language in the hands of real experts? That is, Deaf people who are native users of ASL (and also, their children who grow up in the language). This is a serious question, because ASL belongs to the American/Canadian Deaf communities, and this is how we hearing people are corrupting their beautiful language. Maybe there are sincere intentions behind the making of these videos, but we need to realize how easy it is to do more harm than good with our nice intentions. I really would like to see a project like this handled by Deaf people and native users of ASL. Thank you for allowing this friendly comment.

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