Do all Deaf people use American Sign Language?
American Sign Language (ASL) is not a universal language. Although ASL is considered to be the native language of Deaf people in the United States, there are other signed languages (like Signed Exact English) which are taught in some schools. Most countries have their own national signed language. Q: Can Deaf people use telephones? A: Deaf people didn’t use telephones until the 1960s. That’s when the TTY was invented. Today there are many more ways for Deaf people to communicate with technology – through the internet, video phones, instant messaging, text messaging on cell phones, video email, video blogs, etc.
