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Signs
An entire neighborhood in Newton, Massachusetts, has taken up sign language to communicate with two-year-old neighbor Samantha Savitz.
Savitz was born deaf, CBS News reported, and can only communicate through sign language. She has become increasingly sociable, but was unable to engage with her neighbors because they did not understand her language. “She’s super engaging. She wants to chat-up with anybody,” said her father, Raphael.
The neighbors decided that they wanted to be able to communicate with Samantha. Without telling Samantha’s parents, they began taking sign-language classes at night. Before long, the class became large enough that the members hired the instructor to teach them privately in the living room of one of the members.
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