User blog comment:Kayson3259/Hello Switched At Birth Wikia!/@comment-1293767-20130116063726

"Unlike many of the other ABC Family TV shows, Switched At Birth deals with a situation that does happen, and that people don't necissarily think about when they think of teenagers"

The thing that drew me into the show was the ASL. I'd been taking ASL courses in college for several semesters prior to the show coming on air and it was wonderful to see a mainstream teen TV show like this having Deaf Culture as a main subject matter, including having multiple deaf characters. I always thought after I took ASL in college how much I would've loved it if it had been an option to take in high school instead of Spanish (which I was utter rubbish at), French, or German. My hope is that the show will spark an interest in ASL and Deaf Culture among its youthful audience and maybe get a larger push to have ASL in high schools.