34-year-old Danielle Williams from Co.Durham felt compelled to launch a campaign, which raises awareness of the plight of aurally-impaired children, after witnessing the isolation felt by her four-year-old son, Alfie.

Danielle's main goal is to have sign language taught in mainstream schools in a bid to break down barriers between children.

Explaining her decision to launch the campaign, the mum-of-four recalled people's reaction to her son's disability.

The concerned mum explains that people invariably leave Alfie alone upon learning they can't communicate with him, but Danielle wants to put an end to that, saying: "If you say 'he can't hear, he's deaf, people take a step back but if somebody has knowledge they won't back away and that's what it's all about."

Commenting on her endeavour, Danielle said: "Last May I started the hands on ear campaign, basically there was a 'no makeup selfie' going about, but there was nothing for deaf awareness."

Danielle thought it was imperative that all school teach sign language, saying: "There's children out there who are made to feel alone or that they can't talk to people. It's all about peer-to-peer interaction. If everybody has a little bit of awareness it could help spread it."

If Danielle secures 10,000 signatures, she hopes her petition will be considered by politicians which will hopefully see the addition of sign language to the National Cirriculum.

We wish Danielle all the best with her campaign.

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