A child has been praised for learning sign language to help his friend at school.
Ross Kelly, a year six student from Canberra, Australia, learned the language to communicate with his friend Isam Gurung, who had just moved from a specialist school.
Ross and Isam initially started passing notes to each other before Ross went on to the learn Auslan (Australian sign language) so he could translate lessons and assemblies for his friend.
"He came and he was very, very shy he didn't want to come to class the first few days," Ross told ABC.
"We started out writing notes to each other and I decided this wasn't very efficient because there was always a delay," he said.
Sarah Middleton, Ross’s teacher, then nominated him for for a special huanity award form the Fred Hollows Foundation, which he won.
"It is amazing that he has learnt a whole new language and to see a student take on something so big and be able to follow that passion," she told ABC.
