Guess who we bumped into at the football?

Regular readers (and over 1 million other people across the world) may recognise this little girl with her mummy and daddy. This is a Ava with her dad Nick and mum Lilli who we featured on PDDCS News back in January when a video of Ava signing at the dinner table went viral on the internet.

I (Andy) bumped into them at GB Deaf Football's match today verus Greece. Greece won 2-0 and ended GB's hopes of playing at next years Deaflympics. Shame - as GB had the majority of the ball and chances. There was a lot of unhappy and disappointed GB footballers around afterwards as the Greeks went wild.

During the match, Dad Nick, who is also a retired GB Deaf football international and is heavily involved in Fulham Deaf Football Club told me that he posted the video on his Facebook page and people just kept sharing it - until eventually it was shared over 4,000 times and the hits just kept racking up!

You'll be pleased to know that Ava is well and her sign language is even more impressive than it was in January. See the video that went round the world below..

International dictionary of many national sign languages

The accessible nature of the internet with social media sites e.g. facebook and movement of people around the world means we can frequently meet people from many different countries. The language barriers can often be seen as a barrier to communication. The European Sign Language Centre have started a project 'spread the sign' to make sign languages available to everyone, removing some of those barriers.

They have created an international dictionary of the following national sign languages: Swedish, English (BSL), American English (ASL), German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Icelandic, Latvian, Polish, Czech, Japanese, Turkish. American Sign Language and baby signs are also included.

For further details follow this link http://www.spreadthesign.com/gb/

Sign Language Toddler Video

Check out this amazing 24-month-old using sign language at home at the dinner table...adorable..

If you are interested in learning sign language - check out Signature or email us and we can see how we can assist.

One Year Old Baby Knows Lots of Sign Language..