Two years ago, about a __1__ after Samantha was born, Glenda and Raphael Savitz learned their daughter was __2__. “She was the first deaf person my husband and I had known£¬” Glenda, 33, told The Boston Globe. “So it’s a surprise and it is __3__. But I think I’m someone who’s __4__£º OK. What do we do? She’s a week old. We’re going to be learning sign language. There was no __5__ that it was going to be important to her development and her __6__£®”

But the Savitz family weren’t the only ones who learned how to sign. Over 20 residents of their neighborhood in the town of Newton are __7__ learning sign language. The residents __8__ an instructor on their own and __9__ gather together in a living room to learn the language. The neighbors’ desire to learn to __10__ with Samantha is something that the Savitz family finds extremely __11__£®

“One of the most emotional __12__ touching me is that I really learned about how much support and how much love there is here£¬” Glenda said. “People are __13__ so much time and energy to learn a(n) __14__ language because they’re dying to __15__ my little daughter. I don’t have __16__ for that.”

Baby Sam already has friends all over the neighborhood. Henry Marshall, a 19­year­old Harvard freshman, told The Boston Globe that Samantha __17__ with her child­size basketball hoop __18__ he shoots hoops on his adult­size one. While he plays, she copies his movements and __19__ the words for “play” and “friend”£®

“It’s a special neighborhood£¬” Raphael Savitz told The Boston Globe. “It’s just a really __20__ place.”

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