Hawaii Flight Attendant Signing To Deaf Child Not A Publicity Stunt

Hawaii travel and a feel-good video about a deaf child and a flight attendant meeting up to start the holiday season.

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9 thoughts on “Hawaii Flight Attendant Signing To Deaf Child Not A Publicity Stunt”

  1. Aloha!
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  2. That kid was how old, maybe two? Hard to tell from the video. Not to be a Grinch or anything, but that child will have absolutely zero memory of this, other than maybe watching the video when he’s older. Zero. It’s what kids do.

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    1. Well you nailed Eldo, you certainly are a Grinch! My take is that the child may not remember the specifics, but a seed was planted in him that the world is not such a foreign place after all, there are good people that care out there, even if you have a disability. At some level, it makes a positive impact on that child. If nothing else everyone else got a nice dose of the good that is out there in most people if you are open to it. Nice to see the Aloha spirit alive and well!

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    2. Definitely a Grinch. Obviously you can’t understand what a parent of a Deaf child feels when someone can communicate in the same language as their child…. And for that child to see another adult that they do not know signing? Must have been awesome, even at the wee age of whatever! 🤙🏼🌺

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    3. An act of kindness to a 2 year old or 100 year old person goes along way. It’s a form of communication. If a parent never touches, responds, or communicates with a baby at all what would happen to the baby?
      My grandfather died when I was a year old. From birth he picked me up on weekends to spend time with me because he was dying. Do you know I have no physical memories of him because I was a baby. But I tell you this, I miss him as if I knew him my whole life. Moral to the story, you don’t have to remember love and kindness. It just has to be felt. I felt loved my whole life because of my grandfather. Never understimate the value of kindness or Aloha at any age.

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  3. I love this! I am also fairly fluent in ASL and when working as a CSA for Hawaiian I would always try to be available to a guest that signed so that they would have the best experience not only for their trip but to ensure that their needs were met as humans that use a different language to communicate. It was always a joy for me as well because I Love the language so much and don’t get many chances to use it. 🙂

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  4. Thank you for the article about the little boy and flight attendant using sign language. We need more articles like that from you as your articles are usually very negative!

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