A growing number individuals are learning American Sign Language to connect with loved ones or even strangers. In a grocery store, a 1-yr-old hearing daughter interpreted "crying" for her Deaf dad. There is also the story of two waitresses who even learned how to sign "happy birthday from a Yotube video for a four-year-old boy. And there is the story of Giovanni Pernice who was adored by "Strictly" fanatics for learning sign language for his partner Rose Ayling-Ellis. Rose is the first deaf individual to compete on Strictly Come Dancing, and appeared in the British television show EastEnders.