For
It promotes inclusion and empathy.
Against
It may take time away from other important subjects.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Teaching sign languages builds inclusion, empathy, and real-world communication skills.”
“It’s very sad how many people are excluded from the community because nobody knows how to communicate with them.”
“the number of times an average person gets to talk to deaf people is quite low”
“There’s not enough fluent ASL users available to properly teach it in every school.”