Jimbo’s Good News: Entire School Learns Sign Language

Jimbo's Good News: Entire School Learns Sign Language
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Sign Language Interpreter Dudley Is Pictured As She Interprets For Civil Rights Activist Reverend Sharpton While He Speaks At The National Action Network In The Harlem Borough Of New York
Sign language interpreter Christine Dudley is pictured as she interprets for civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton (not pictured) while he speaks at the National Action Network in the Harlem Borough of New York November 29, 2014. Sharpton is calling for a countdown to the end of the grand jury looking into the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island while in police custody. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW)

A seven-year-old in New Hampshire named Ben O’Reilly is the only deaf student in his school district.  But his elementary school wanted him to feel included, so they all learned sign language together.

Teachers can now communicate with him and students can play better with him too.  Now Ben is no longer alone, and the entire school is learning to speak his language. (Here’s a news report.)

 

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