Savannah’s Story

Born in Washington, Savannah was visually and hearing impaired without the proper tools or attention to address these impairments. Rather than attempting to communicate with Savannah, her first foster home put her on medication to sooth her behavior. CASA Leigh Hawes advocated for Savannah to be removed from this first foster home and placed with an ASL signer. Eventually, she was adopted out of state by a family fluent in ASL.