School Says Deaf Child's Sign For His Name Violates Their Gun Policy

3-year-old singled out for his sign language

A 3-year-old deaf boy is being asked to change the way he signs his name because the public school district where he attends preschool says the hand gesture violates its weapons policy. Hunter Spanjer of Nebraska has combined the sign language symbols for the letters "H" and "R" to display his name since he was 6 months old, but now his school wants him to change it. The Grand Island’s “Weapons in Schools” Board Policy 8470 forbids “any instrument…that looks like a weapon.” The preschooler's father, Brian Spanjer, took to Facebook to garner support to allow his son to continue using the S.E.E. (Signing Exact English) symbol at the school he began attending last week. The Facebook page, "Let this Deaf Child Keep His Name Sign," had more than 5,300 likes by early Wednesday. (MSNBC)

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