http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93532&page=1#.T8fNDdW0yorSo Danica Lesko, a 12 year old who can only use American Sign Language is being teased and bullied by other students while on the bus going to school:
Danica’s parents told the paper that other students who rode to school with their daughter made fun of her, and refused to stay in their seats as they teased other girls who were using sign language.
And how does the school respond? They threaten to suspend her for being a danger on the bus and said she needs to stop using ASL.
School officials have threatened a hearing-impaired girl with suspension if she uses sign language to talk to her friends on the school bus, the girl’s parents say.
Danica Lesko and her parents say sign language is the only way to for the 12-year-old to communicate, especially while riding to school on a noisy bus.
But officials at Stonybrook School — which is not a school for the hearing-impaired — and district officials in Branchburg, N.J., apparently believe signing is a safety hazard. They have sent a letter to the Lesko family ordering Danica to stop using sign language on the school bus or risk a three-day suspension.
Instead of going after the asshole students who got out of their seats just to tease the girl, they threaten to suspend the girl because apparently her use ASL is making assholes get out of their seats. . . WTF
