As a former SLP I agree. These masks are destroying the language skills of young children. Especially those who may already be on the spectrum and lack the understanding to decode social cues in face expressions. I can't imagine how many little ones are missing out on watching lip movements to learn individual speech sounds. My sessions always worked with mirrors and imitation... from all kinds of lip movements and noises to speech sounds with my Early Intervention and Preschool kids.

I went into group with some liberals and used the dehumanizing for the masks giving my exact reasons above. I did get a few people to agree with me. This is what we should be pushing against mask mandates. It is dehumanizing.