[JadeNB]

> You mean to tell me close to 1/10 of the planet is deaf and speaks ASL and doesn't read a written language?

While the number is clearly far too large even taking into account what I'm about to say, I think someone doesn't have to not read any written language to be excluded. For many ASL speakers, ASL, not English, is their native language. Although I read French passably, I would consider subtitles available only in French, and not in English, to be serving my needs poorly; and I think the same can be said of an ASL speaker asked to "make do" with English-language subtitles.