Bowling Green State University leaders announced to faculty last month that the university would no longer offer American Sign Language courses, starting fall of this year. And the decision has faculty and students shocked and upset. The announcement was sent to ASL faculty in December. “It’s disappointing because, especially during a pandemic, when the communicative access for deaf people right now is at an all-time low.” said Kyle Parke, who teaches the American Sign Language. That’s because of the need for masks, and Parke says reading the lips of someone wearing a mask is impossible.
https://www.13abc.com/2021/01/29/faculty-students-upset-after-bgsu-cuts-sign-language-courses/
