ASL Pasta: Making Mealtime Inclusive for Deaf Families, Classrooms, and ASL Learners

Let’s grab a bowl of ASL Pasta and play — because inclusion matters in every bite!

Too often, Deaf and Hard of Hearing children experience “Dining Table Syndrome” — being left out of mealtime conversations. At Parents Gone Hiatus, we believe food can break that barrier.

Our ASL Pasta is designed to make meals more inclusive for Deaf families, signing households, classrooms, and ASL learners everywhere. Each bowl brings opportunities to:

  • Celebrate Deaf culture with pasta shaped like ASL handshapes.

  • Engage in learning and play through our SIGNWORD game.

  • Spark conversations with Deaf culture facts and challenges printed right on every bag.

Whether at home with family, in the classroom with students, or at the table as an ASL learner, ASL Pasta helps make inclusion, language access, and cultural pride part of daily life.