Sign Lanuage Ban

A New Jersey couple says their daughter's school is threatening to suspend her if she uses sign language on the school bus. Danica Lesko and her parents say sign language is the only way to for the 12-year-old to communicate, but Stonybrook School in Branchburg calls ASL a safety hazard. A letter to the Lesko family demands the child stop signing or face a three-day suspension. The Leskos say students mocking Danica and her signing friends were disruptive on the bus, but she is being punished. There is also concern that the school district may be relatiating against the family because they filed a lawsuit for a bottle rocket being shot near Danica's ear last year at school. That's when she began losing her hearing.