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Why do some TV broadcasts show a person translating it to sign language instead of using subtitles? (lemm.ee)

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I assume there must be a reason why sign language is superior but I genuinely don't know why.

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah. When people think of Helen Keller they rarely think socialist scholar and cofounder of the ACLU. They think of a little girl being taught to communicate or a manifestation of disability.

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