{"id":44,"date":"2017-07-10T09:47:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T09:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2017-07-10T10:28:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:28:04","slug":"deaf-little-boy-feels-the-magic-when-pluto-minnie-and-mickey-communicate-in-sign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/44\/deaf-little-boy-feels-the-magic-when-pluto-minnie-and-mickey-communicate-in-sign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf little boy feels the magic when Pluto, Minnie, and Mickey communicate in sign language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disney-sign-language.jpg\">    <picture>\r\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disney-sign-language.jpg\"\r\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disney-sign-language.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/disney-sign-language-300x169.jpg 300w\"             sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 75vw, 1200px\"\r\n             width=\"608\"\r\n             height=\"342\"\r\n             alt=\"disney-sign-language\"\r\n             loading=\"lazy\"             decoding=\"async\"\r\n             class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45\" >\r\n    <\/picture>\r\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Language is one of the greatest tools with the power to connect and to feel connected. \u00a0One little boy in Disneyland felt the love when the Disney characters spoke to him in his own language:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"16\">Mickey and Minnie Mouse kneeled down to the small child to sign \u201cIt\u2019s nice to meet\u201d and \u201cI love you,\u201d which prompted him to give them each big hugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"17\">\u201cThe child was ecstatic after meeting the characters because he didn\u2019t know they would speak \u2018his language,\u2019\u201d a spokesperson for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivecrest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olive Crest<\/a>, a\u00a0child abuse\u00a0prevention agency that arranged the trip, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/gma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>. \u201cThe child is typically not a hugger, so the fact that he hugged both Minnie and Mickey spoke volumes to the joy he felt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"17\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"31\">&#8220;The family had a Disney translator with them, who was behind the boy telling the characters what\/how to sign. The encounter wasn&#8217;t planned, however,&#8221; said spokesperson Steven Macias.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"31\">(via &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/gma\/mickey-minnie-mouse-sign-love-deaf-boy-disneyland-160407852--abc-news-topstories.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mickey and Minnie Mouse sign &#8216;I love you&#8217; to deaf boy at Disneyland<\/a>&#8220;, Yahoo! News)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-reactid=\"31\">Pluto, Minnie, and Mickey were quick to follow the ASL translator&#8217;s guide on what\/how to sign and made the Disney trip even more special for the young boy.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"31\">Watch the video on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fdpTaTc6Y9c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"31\">You can also watch the sweet video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OliveCrest\/?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olive Crest, Facebook<\/a>&#8216;s Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OliveCrest\/videos\/1530302250345408\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"31\">Olive Crest serves over 3,500 at-risk kids and families every day throughout California, Nevada, and Washington. They\u00a0\u201chope to send the message that with a little love and \u2018magic,\u2019 that you can truly make a child\u2019s dream come true and provide them a bright memory that can last a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Language is one of the greatest tools with the power to connect and to feel connected. \u00a0One little boy in Disneyland felt the love when the Disney characters spoke to him in his own language: Mickey and Minnie Mouse kneeled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/44\/deaf-little-boy-feels-the-magic-when-pluto-minnie-and-mickey-communicate-in-sign-language\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[36,37,29,30,33,32,35,31,34],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-habits-traits","tag-asl","tag-asl-translator","tag-deaf","tag-disney","tag-mickey","tag-minnie","tag-olive-crest","tag-pluto","tag-sign-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}