FIGURE 4 AN INTERPRETED NOTION OF DEAF UTOPIA (SOURCE: PINTEREST

The world would realize the power of sign language! This type of life style could be an answer to most of the disabled, physical and non-physical; the blind, the deaf, deaf-blind, the mute, the physically disabled etc.

Opportunities: In today’s world, the internationalisation of sign language would break the barriers for different people or students to pursue their career in different countries across the world. It would be then easier to educate the dwellers in the village areas and the citizens who live in the outskirts. As beautiful as it sounds, there could be some drawbacks and limitations towards this idea. The first would be that, if sign language is internationalised, then there would be a tendency to not learn any language other than the language where one is born into. Each language is rich in its own way, and the way in which different people speak and interpret each language is always unique. But this could be lost, if sign language becomes universal, worldwide.

Contradicting to this notion, it also could be the choice of the hearing populace to learn any number of languages that they would be interested in. Using sign language by the hearing majority does not mean that they should stop speaking any language at all! They have the liberty to learn any of the spoken languages, but the only regulation would be to keep signing with fingers, along with any respective language they wish to speak. This perception could turn the world into a better living space, not just for the deaf, but for everyone living in it.

Figure 4An interpreted notion of Deaf Utopia (Source: Pinterest)