In North Carolina Children at Sylvan Elementary School are learning sign language to ensure that their hearing-impaired peer, Jordan, doesn’t feel left out. ”There are 40 kids participating in the sign language class, which meets every Thursday after school. It was so popular, that the school had to add another class” (Buckingham 1). The kids are so encouraged to learn and enjoy learned and in the hallway seeing their friends they use sign language to talk to one another. Sign language is more than just a language. In some cases, the use of sign language is just because someone isn 't to hear. Children sometimes get a rare speech disorder in meaning having very limited speech.
“The child in the case study was taught sign language as a way to communicate while his verbal speech developed. While research has been done about using alternative methods of communicating while speech develops – like devices that provide an electronic voice – none has been done on using sign language exclusively.” (Sign Language May Be Helpful for Children with Rare Speech Disorder 1). It 's so much much more useful than you really think it