Eva Longoria learns sign language to talk to deaf people
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oi-Binayak Khatri
By Binayak Khatri
Desperate
Housewives
star
Eva
Longoria
has
learnt
how
to
communicate
in
sign
language.
The
36-year-old
star,
who
has
just
released
her
own
book
entitled,
'Eva's
Kitchen',
did
this
in
order
to
speak
to
her
deaf
fans.
“I've
had
a
lot
of
deaf
people
who
have
bought
my
book
and
I've
been
able
to
talk
to
them
about
what
my
favourite
recipe
is
and
what
to
cook," she
was
quoted
as
saying
at
the
9th
Annual
GLAD
Benefit
Extravaganza,
held
to
support
deaf
people.
The
actress,
who
visited
this
event
to
support
her
celebrity
hair
dresser
friend,
said
that
she
will
commit
herself
to
more
of
such
events
to
help
disabled
people
live
their
lives
normally.
Eva
Longoria,
whose
own
sister
suffers
from
Downs
Syndrome,
told
Hollyscoop,
“I
always
think
it's
important
to
bring
awareness
to
minority
or
a
minority
population
and
whether
you're
Latino
or
black
or
a
woman
or
deaf,
it
still
falls
into
that
category
of
needing
support
from
people
who
aren't
normally
around
this
type
of
population.
I
come
from
a
diverse
background
of
people
with
special
needs,
because
of
my
sister,
so
I'm
happy
to
bring
my
voice
to
this
cause."