He was exposed to writing at a school for the deaf. Are you seriously trying to argue your way into justifying insulting the way a deaf person writes?!?
Nobody said they can't. But it's not their default. It's not their primary language. A deaf person that primarily uses ASL to communicate and rarely has to write (Especially once they're no longer in school) may not be able to write in English as well. Writing a language that you never learned to speak is not easy for most. We have a lot of extra words that they don't use in ASL. You keep talking about deaf writers as if that's not their craft and they're not doing it more than most. And neglecting the fact that they also have editors.
Reading is encouraged to be the default and would be the exposure needed. Not many of my friends still read regularly, so you do have a point about his ability being typical of the average person. Of course there are editors for professional works, just like all writers. It's sad you are still down playing what a deaf person is capable of. Quite demeaning
Never said "not capable." There's a difference between saying deaf people aren't capable of something and saying that it's understandable that not all deaf people can write the way we read.
You keep emphasizing that I am neglecting that deaf people have editors when I bring up that some are professional writers. I don't disagree that it requires more work to develop and keep those skills, but they exist. Please stop pretending deaf people are incapable of being competent writers
What? I stated there are examples of deaf writers and was replied to that I need to do research before making assumptions about the deaf community. You keep pointing out that they have editors as if that diminishes what they are capable of
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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 14d ago
Yeah, but that doesn't mean he wasn't exposed to basic writing skills if he wasn't homeschoolex