There are people who do not know cuers who suspect that children will be isolated by their use of a manual system that is not as widely known as American Sign Language (ASL). However, children who grow up with Cued Speech do not simply know a manual system. These children also are native users of whatever language that is cued – often English.

These children benefit from their ability to speechread a language that they know fluently and the literacy skills which are supported by their native abilities in English.

Deaf children who know American Sign Language are part of a relatively smaller community than those who speak English, but that does not diminish the rights of Deaf signers to be part of the Deaf Community and to flourish intellectually, socially, and culturally by being part of the ASL signing community. Likewise, cuers are not limited by their knowledge of cued English. Many cuers enjoy interacting with the cueing community and also integrate with other communities as well. Many cuers are bi-lingual. Learning to cue does not interfere with one's ability to learn a signed language.

Cued Speech allows deaf children to become competent users of English. Cuers are not isolated by their abilities to learn languages. Many cuers learn signed languages and additional spoken languages as well. Knowledge is not limiting.

REALITY: Language learning provides opprotunities. Acquiring a first language provides a foundation for second language learning. Many cued English users learn additional languages (French, Spanish, Hebrew, American Sign Language, etc.)