These Orlando parents learned sign language for their deaf daughter — but 70% of hearing parents don’t

Naomi and Doug Foley have been undergoing rigorous training for many years in order to learn American Sign Language. They’ve done so for the sake of their deaf son, who was born deaf due to pregnancy issues. Many children across America are born in similar circumstances – with hearing parents who have little or no ASL experience. Research has encouraged to have children start learning languages from birth, and ASL is no exception. Thanks to her parents’ support, Hannah recently graduated high school. The Foleys encourage other parents of Deaf children to learn ASL themselves and to encourage their child to learn the language.

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