Deaf Three Year Old Told to Change Sign of His Name
School authorities say the boy's name in sign language violates their weapons policy
Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.
"He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy," explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.
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Yet another failure of zero intelligence policies.
I've often wondered what would happen if you pissed off a protective mother and the militant deaf community at the same time.
"it-it- the f - it -flam - flames. Flames, on the side of my face, breathing-breathl- heaving breaths. Heaving breaths."
They should tell the school to shut the fuck up or they'll change his name to the n word. How do the newscasters report this shit without rolloing their eyes.
And he's not allowed to say "bombastic".