15-Year-Old Boy Who Was Born Profoundly Deaf in Uganda and Has Never Had a Conversation is Taught Sign Language

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Thursday, 13 Nov 2014, 10:32AM

Patrick Otema, 15 was born profoundly deaf. In the remote area of Uganda where he lives there are no schools for deaf children, and he has never had a conversation. Raymond Okkelo, a sign language teacher, hopes to change all this and offer Patrick a way out of the fearful silence he has known his whole life.

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