| Being endowed with all senses and of course being | | | | child will be helped by a specialist to express himself |
| able to make use of them all is a blessing. Normal, | | | | herself, the members of the family will have to be |
| healthy people have no idea what the lack of one of | | | | taught how to use signs to understand the deaf |
| these abilities might man to someone who has never | | | | offspring and fulfill his or her needs. |
| had the chance to fell normal for one day. It is also | | | | Besides close relatives, there are also a lot of social |
| very difficult to lose one of your senses all of a | | | | workers who learn sign language as a duty and |
| sudden at some point in your life, but to be born with a | | | | sometimes even for pleasure. It is not very difficult to |
| certain inability is much worse. | | | | learn it and what is really important, it can be very |
| It can be a terrible thing not to be able to hear music, | | | | useful in different situations, helping people who feel |
| birds singing in the trees on a warm spring day or | | | | excluded to be part of our world again. |
| someone saying 'I love you'. Yet, the deaf have to | | | | Have you ever watched two people sign? If you have, |
| face this cruel life and try getting the best out of it. The | | | | you have probably remarked a special connection |
| sign language has come to their aid, allowing | | | | between them, more focus in their 'conversation' and |
| communication to the less fortunate and from them. | | | | on top of that better communication. Eye contact is |
| Sign language is a substitute that at least tries to fill the | | | | important - it makes things easier to understand and |
| gap between the world of the deaf and our won by | | | | improves communication by at least 20%. We don't do |
| enabling us and them to understand each other. | | | | that on a regular basis, because we have other |
| If all of a sudden a deaf baby is born, the family start | | | | means of measuring the quality of communication. |
| learning sign language. It is a must; just as the growing | | | | |