Thursday, March 22, 2012

Obama uses ASL

Today, a community college student attended a rally at which President Obama spoke.  Stephon was born deaf and communicates using American Sign Language (ASL).

He was close enough that he got to shake hands with the president, after which he signed "I'm proud of you."   Without missing a beat, Obama answer him in sign language, "Thank you."

The student was astounded.  But actually Obama's understanding of basic sign language has been observed before, when he has responded similarly to others using ASL.

Trivia -- but such a telling one for a man as busy as Barack Obama has been most of his life.

Ralph

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