About this episode

The episode discusses a young deaf boy's experience at school and how his classmates learned sign language to communicate with him.

Ben O’Reilly is a 7-year-old boy at Compton Elementary School in Compton, NH, who is deaf and can only use sign language. He had difficulty relating to his classmates and even the teachers. He only could communicate with his aide, Cheryl. One of his classmates, Reid Spring, wanted to relate to him so he started learning sign language. Other kids started doing that. Would you believe that the entire elementary school decided to learn sign language. All of a sudden, Ben could communicate with e...

People in this episode

Host: John Ed Mathison

Topics covered

• communication
• deaf education
• inclusion
• sign language
• elementary school

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Compton Elementary School

Places: Compton, NH

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