PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Adamorobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adamorobe</span></a> , a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/village" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>village</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WestAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestAfrican</span></a> nation of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghana</span></a> is known as the ‘<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DeafCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeafCommunity</span></a> ’ due to a high incidence of a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/hereditary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hereditary</span></a> form of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deafness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deafness</span></a>. The community has found an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/innovative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovative</span></a> way to normalize their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HereditaryCondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HereditaryCondition</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/developing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developing</span></a> their own <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SignLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignLanguage</span></a> which has been adopted by both the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaf</span></a> # hearing people in the village. This is quite different from the formal standard sign language used in the school of the deaf.</p><p><a href="https://face2faceafrica.com/article/adamorobe-the-deaf-community-in-west-africa-that-developed-its-own-indigenous-sign-language/amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">face2faceafrica.com/article/ad</span><span class="invisible">amorobe-the-deaf-community-in-west-africa-that-developed-its-own-indigenous-sign-language/amp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inspirational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inspirational</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/POC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a></p>