Children with disabilities frequently are stigmatized by their peers and society at large. But this story of an amazing first grade class in Bosnia offers a glimpse of hope.

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Communication is the backbone for education and life itself.  However,  when a deaf child did not know sign language, his entire class decided to learn sign language together.  This exercise of humanity is a stepping stone to a greater knowledge of love and acceptance and a more productive future for all. (For full article, see : “The Extraordinary way these First-Graders Included their Classmate.”)

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