There are a few teenagers in my deaf club. Deaf since birth. They are not of Spanish/Latino descent. Spanish is not a language spoken in their homes. Only English and then the use of ASL. These kids are fluent in ASL, Mexican sign language, English, Spanish and in a few cases French. They learned in school. It can be done. Deaf kids can learn a language that is not used in the home daily or ever. Their exposure is through school. Now, on the plus side, this end of Florida has a MASSIVE Latino community and culture. Everything (menus, gas pumps, groceries and all) are in both English and Spanish. Even my son, who had a whole 3 weeks of Spanish while in a virtual school, is picking up Spanish, just from hearing it all over the place from the Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans around here. We also have a large Haitian community and Creole is also popular.
