Bridge to a Silent World

I was reading an article, "Bridge to a Silent World" about how this little girl, who was deaf, was isolated from her family. Because she was isolated, she ended up being trapped in her silent world. Her environment at home was impacting her language development. The little girl had difficulty communicating to her parents. Her parents didn't understand sign language and punished her for "misbehaving" by yelling at her when they really misunderstood when the little girl was communicating to them (using ASL). Peg, the sign language teacher, was teaching the little girl's parents to communicate to her by using ASL instead of just pointing and yelling at the girl. This helped improve the family's environment at home and their communication.