If you’ve ever been in doubt about the power of sign language, then you should watch this video.
From Middle East Eye (read their story here) extract:
Hamza is a deaf six-year-old Syrian refugee who fled the war in Aleppo to Lebanon and had never been exposed to sign language, until now.
Zaineb “Zee” Abdulla, vice president of Chicago-based organisation Deaf Planet Soul (DFS), was on a trip to Lebanon when she walked past Hamza as he waited to see an audiologist. She decided to teach him a few signs in the meantime.
Here’s the video:
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MW
March 29, 2017
heart warming to see this in action i do hope he gets all the support now learning new sign vocabulary before kt is too late
Marika Rebicsek
April 5, 2017
Gosh, profoundly moving – it does not matter what language is used as long as it is remembered that COMMUNICATION and interaction with other people, most importantly those around him, is the key. If he learns signing, I hope his family does too