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1) some deaf people cannot read well
2) reading ASL is often much faster and more articulate than reading
3) ASL (& other signed langs) are a separate language w/their own grammar. Spoken/written langs are often a second language for deaf folks https://twitter.com/natalia01mateo/status/1246952732063412226
Bullet point two was phrased badly (reading vs reading), sorry about that, but I think you get the point
I was running into character count problems and cut a corner there that I shouldn’t have
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