Significantly more individuals are learning American Sign Language to be able to connect with family members or even strangers. In a supermarket, a one-year-old hearing daughter interpreted “crying” for her Deaf father. There is also the story of two waitresses who made an effor to learn how to sign “happy birthday from a Yotube vid for a four-year-old boy. And then there’s the story of Giovanni Pernice who’s admired by “Strictly” fanatics for learning sign language for his partner Rose Ayling-Ellis. She happens to be the 1st deaf individual to participate on Strictly Come Dancing, and also made an appearance in the British television show EastEnders.
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